Determinants of target capital structure: The case of dual debt and equity issues

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 517-540

  Hovakimian, Armen ^a   Hovakimian, Gayane ^b   Tehranian, Hassan ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Dual issues; Equity market timing; Target leverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342328696     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(03)00181-8     Document Type: Article

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