Capital structure and stock returns

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 106-131

  Welch, Ivo ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEBT; STOCK MARKET;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842842960     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379933     Document Type: Article

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