Laurence Booth, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Debt ratings, equity analysts and corporate policies
SSHRC · 2008 · Co-investigator
$60,500
Corporate financial policy and the interaction of market factors and firm-specific characteristics
SSHRC · 2003 · Co-investigator
$70,188
The impact of economic and financial structure on corporate investing, financing and dividend policies: a global perspective
SSHRC · 1999 · Co-investigator
$61,530

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No publications available.

Debt ratings, equity analysts and corporate policies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cleary, William S.

Keywords: debt ratings; equity analysts; dividend policy; capital structure; investment decisions; earnings manipulation; new equity issues; new debt issues

$60,500

Corporate financial policy and the interaction of market factors and firm-specific characteristics

Co-investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cleary, William S.

Keywords: corporate finance; international capital markets; empirical research; dividend policy; capital structure; investment policy

$70,188

The impact of economic and financial structure on corporate investing, financing and dividend policies: a global perspective

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cleary, William

Keywords: empirical evidence; capital markets; global; investements; financing patterns; dividend policy

$61,530

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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