Testing static tradeoff against pecking order models of capital structure

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-244

  Shyam Sunder, Lakshmi ^a   C Myers, Stewart ^b  

^a International Finance Corporation   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Financing; G32; Pecking order theory; Static tradeoff theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000106113     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-405x(98)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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