Redefining financial constraints: A text-based analysis

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1312-1352

  Hoberg, Gerard ^a   Maksimovic, Vojislav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84939654954     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhu089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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