Do CEO demographics explain cash holdings in SMEs?

European Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 549-563

  Orens, Raf ^a   Reheul, Anne Mie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Cash policy; Financial hierarchy theory; SME; Trade off theory; Upper Echelons Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887816677     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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