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Cash holdings and employee welfare. / Ghaly, Mohamed; Anh Dang, Viet; Stathopoulos, Konstantinos .
In: Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 33, 08.2015, p. 53-70.

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Ghaly, M, Anh Dang, V & Stathopoulos, K 2015, 'Cash holdings and employee welfare', Journal of Corporate Finance, vol. 33, pp. 53-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.04.003

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Ghaly, M., Anh Dang, V., & Stathopoulos, K. (2015). Cash holdings and employee welfare. Journal of Corporate Finance, 33, 53-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.04.003

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Ghaly M, Anh Dang V, Stathopoulos K. Cash holdings and employee welfare. Journal of Corporate Finance. 2015 Aug;33:53-70. Epub 2015 Apr 22. doi: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.04.003

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Ghaly, Mohamed ; Anh Dang, Viet ; Stathopoulos, Konstantinos . / Cash holdings and employee welfare. In: Journal of Corporate Finance. 2015 ; Vol. 33. pp. 53-70.

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