Investment frictions and leverage dynamics

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 423-443

  Tsyplakov, Sergey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic capital structure; Lumpy investments; Market timing; Time to build

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049121586     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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