Targeting capital structure: The relationship between risky debt and the firm's likelihood of being acquired

Journal of Business

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-192

  Billett, Matthew T ^a  

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EID: 0041113074     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209687     Document Type: Article

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