Debt and the marginal tax rate

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-73

  Graham, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Debt; Marginal tax rate; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030140519     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-405X(95)00857-B     Document Type: Article

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