Leverage ratios, industry norms, and stock price reaction: An empirical investigation of stock-for-debt transactions

Financial Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 32-45

  Hull, Robert M ^a  

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EID: 0033461234     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3666193     Document Type: Article

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