Testing the pecking order theory of capital structure

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-248

  Frank, Murray Z ^a   Goyal, Vidhan K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Capital structure; Financing deficit; Pecking order theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037292694     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(02)00252-0     Document Type: Article

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