Capital structure and innovation: Causality and determinants

Empirica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-151

  Bartoloni, Eleonora ^a,b  

^a ISTAT National Institute of Statistics   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Community innovation survey; Innovation; Panel data; Profitability

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ECONOMIC THEORY; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INNOVATION; PANEL DATA; PROFITABILITY;

ITALY;

EID: 84872648293     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10663-011-9179-y     Document Type: Article

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