Do tests of capital structure theory mean what they say?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1747-1787

  Strebulaev, Ilya A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547872054     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01256.x     Document Type: Article

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