Do markets anticipate capital structure decisions? - Feedback effects in equity liquidity

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-156

  Andres, Christian ^a   Cumming, Douglas ^b   Karabiber, Timur ^a   Schweizer, Denis ^a  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Information asymmetry; Liquidity; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901476720     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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