The Long and Short of It : Do Public and Private Firms Invest Differently?
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DOI: 10.17016/FEDS.2018.068
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Keywords
Corporate governance; Investment; Public firms;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
- G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CFN-2018-10-22 (Corporate Finance)
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