The debt maturity structure of small firms

Financial Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-111

  Scherr, Frederick C ^a   Hulburt, Heather M ^a  

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EID: 0039330589     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3666392     Document Type: Article

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