The value of financial flexibility and corporate financial policy

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 288-302

  Rapp, Marc Steffen ^a   Schmid, Thomas ^b   Urban, Daniel ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Cash holdings; Financial flexibility; Payout policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908419799     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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