Internal finance and growth: Microeconometric evidence on Chinese firms

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-94

  Guariglia, Alessandra ^a   Liu, Xiaoxuan ^b   Song, Lina ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assets growth; Cash flow; Financial constraints

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL MARKET; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCE; FIRM OWNERSHIP; MICROECONOMICS; PRIVATE SECTOR;

CHINA;

EID: 79955987907     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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