Managerial opportunism and the capital structure decisions of property companies

Journal of Property Investment & Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 316-331

  Ooi, Joseph T l ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Decision making; Shareholders; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031615     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635780010338317     Document Type: Article

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