Corporate Risk-Taking and Cash Holdings: The Moderating Effect of Investor Protection
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Corporate risk-taking; corporate cash holdings; investor protection; corruption.;All these keywords.
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- G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
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