Managerial traits and capital structure decisions

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 843-882

  Hackbarth, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 62149098818     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002210900001437X     Document Type: Article

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