Managerial attitudes and corporate actions

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-121

  Graham, John R ^a,b   Harvey, Campbell R ^a,b   Puri, Manju ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Attitudes; Behavioral corporate finance; Capital structure; Corporate policies; Debt; Managers; Personality traits; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892441047     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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