Cross-country analysis of secular cash trends

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 898-912

  Iskandar Datta, Mai E ^a   Jia, Yonghong ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency problem; Corporate liquidity; International corporate finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856265543     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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