Optimal leverage and aggregate investment

Journal of Finance

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1291-1323

  Biais, Bruno ^a   Casamatta, Catherine ^b  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE CAPITOLE   (France)

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EID: 0040111700     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00147     Document Type: Article

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