Growth opportunities and corporate debt policy: The case of the U.S. defense industry

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-59

  Goyal, Vidhan K ^a   Lehn, Kenneth ^b   Racic, Stanko ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Debt policy; Growth opportunities; Payout policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036232387     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(02)00070-3     Document Type: Article

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