Agency costs, asset specificity, and the capital structure of the firm

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-69

  Vilasuso, Jon ^a   Minkler, Alanson ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Financing policy; G32

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042367332     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(00)00151-7     Document Type: Article

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