On the relation between the market-to-book ratio, growth opportunity, and leverage ratio

Finance Research Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-266

  Chen, Long ^a   Zhao, Xinlei ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Growth opportunity; Leverage ratio; Market timing; Market to book ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750166646     PISSN: 15446123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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