What Drives Security Issuance Decisions: Market Timing, Pecking Order, or Both?

Financial Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 637-663

  Dong, Ming ^a   Loncarski, Igor ^b   Horst, Jenke ter ^c   Veld, Chris ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84866048259     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: 1755053X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2012.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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