Leasing, ability to repossess, and debt capacity

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1621-1657

  Eisfeldt, Andrea L ^a   Rampini, Adriano A ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61549132112     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn026     Document Type: Article

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