Capital structure, credit risk, and macroeconomic conditions

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 519-550

  Hackbarth, Dirk ^a   Miao, Jianjun ^b   Morellec, Erwan ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Credit spreads; Dynamic capital structure; Macroeconomic conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751234796     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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