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The determinants of cash holdings in private family firms

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  • Tensie Steijvers & Mervi Niskanen, 2013. "The determinants of cash holdings in private family firms," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 53(2), pages 537-560, June.
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