Capital structure choice: Macroeconomic conditions and financial constraints

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-109

  Korajczyk, Robert A ^a   Levy, Amnon ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Moody's KMV   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Capital structure; Financial constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037375927     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(02)00249-0     Document Type: Article

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