Capital allocation and delegation of decision-making authority within firms

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 449-470

  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

Capital structure; CEOs; Corporate investment; Executives; Gut feel; Mergers and acquisitions; Payout

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924416175     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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