Capital structure and product market behavior: An examination of plant exit and investment decisions

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 767-803

  Kovenock, Dan ^b   Phillips, Gordon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031484752     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/10.3.767     Document Type: Article

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