Cash holdings, risk, and expected returns

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 162-185

  Palazzo, Berardino ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expected equity returns; Growth options; Precautionary savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857452368     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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