Repeated dilution of diffusely held debt

Journal of Business

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 737-786

  Hege, Ulrich ^a   Mella Barral, Pierre ^a  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

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EID: 23444434638     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429643     Document Type: Article

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