Can real options explain financing behavior?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-252

  Tserlukevich, Yuri ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Corporate tax; Real options

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249176980     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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