The debt-equity choice

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-24

  Hovakimian, Armen ^a   Opler, Tim ^b   Titman, Sheridan ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WR Hambrecht and Co   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0035586709     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676195     Document Type: Article

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