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Corporate financing decisions: UK survey evidence. / Beattie, Vivien; Goodacre, Alan; Thomson, Sarah Jane.
In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol. 33, No. 9-10, 11.2006, p. 1402-1434.

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Beattie, V, Goodacre, A & Thomson, SJ 2006, 'Corporate financing decisions: UK survey evidence', Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, vol. 33, no. 9-10, pp. 1402-1434. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00640.x

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Beattie, V., Goodacre, A., & Thomson, S. J. (2006). Corporate financing decisions: UK survey evidence. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 33(9-10), 1402-1434. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00640.x

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Beattie V, Goodacre A, Thomson SJ. Corporate financing decisions: UK survey evidence. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 2006 Nov;33(9-10):1402-1434. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00640.x

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Beattie, Vivien ; Goodacre, Alan ; Thomson, Sarah Jane. / Corporate financing decisions : UK survey evidence. In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 2006 ; Vol. 33, No. 9-10. pp. 1402-1434.

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