Back to the beginning: Persistence and the cross-section of corporate capital structure

Journal of Finance

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1575-1608

  Lemmon, Michael L ^a   Roberts, Michael R ^b   Zender, Jaime F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 47749124164     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2008.01369.x     Document Type: Article

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