Cash holdings in private firms

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-35

  Bigelli, Marco ^a   Sánchez Vidal, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cash determinants; Cash holdings; Pecking order theory; Private firms; Trade off model

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655149113     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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