Investment policy in family controlled firms

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1744-1758

  Anderson, Ronald C ^a   Duru, Augustine ^a   Reeb, David M ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital expenditures; Dual class shares; Family business; Founders; Heirs; Long term investments; R D spending

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863404173     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.01.018     Document Type: Article

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