The underinvestment and overinvestment hypotheses: An analysis using panel data

European Financial Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-177

  Morgado, Artur ^a   Pindado, Julio ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Firm investment; Firm value; G31; Investment opportunities; Overinvestment; Underinvestment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040393003     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-036X.00214     Document Type: Article

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