The Alternative to Assuming 'Rational' Use of Financial Information within Small Firms
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Keywords
Rational; Small Firm; Financial Information;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- B53 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Austrian
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