The stock market and corporate investment: A test of catering theory

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 187-217

  Polk, Christopher ^a   Sapienza, Paola ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84890365966     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn030     Document Type: Review

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