Estimating dynamic panel models in corporate finance

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-19

  Flannery, Mark J ^a   Hankins, Kristine Watson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate finance; Dynamic panels; Econometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868626685     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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