Financial constraints and share repurchases

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 311-331

  Chen, Sheng Syan ^a   Wang, Yanzhi ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corporate liquidity; Financial constraint; Managerial hubris; Share repurchase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862792186     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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