An Investigation into the Effect of CEO’s Perceptual Biases on Investment Efficiency and Financing Constraints of the Iranian Listed Firms

Subject Areas : Financial Accounting

Hajar Fallah ¹ , Mohsen Hamidiyan ² , Nurooz Noroolahzadeh ³

1 - Department of Accounting, Kish International Branch (South Tehran), Islamic Azad University, Kish Island, Iran
2 - Department of Accounting, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Accounting, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2019-02-11 Accepted : 2019-05-19 Published : 2021-01-01

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