Equity market timing and capital structure: International evidence

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 754-766

  Mahajan, Arvind ^a   Tartaroglu, Semih ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Dynamic trade off; Equity market timing; G 7 countries; Leverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849132412     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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