Debt and managerial rents in a real-options model of the firm

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-231

  Lambrecht, Bart M ^a   Myers, Stewart C ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Debt; Financing policy; Governance; Investment policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249086005     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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