Leverage and internal capital markets: Evidence from leveraged recapitalizations*

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 477-515

  Peyer, Urs C ^a   Shivdasani, Anil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

G31; G32; G34; Internal capital market; Investment; Leverage; Recapitalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041407115     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(00)00094-5     Document Type: Article

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