How costly is external financing? Evidence from a structural estimation

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1705-1745

  Hennessy, Christopher A ^a   Whited, Toni M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 34547890741     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01255.x     Document Type: Article

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