Financial constraints, debt capacity, and the cross-section of stock returns

Journal of Finance

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 891-921

  Hahn, Jaehoon ^a   Lee, Hangyong ^b  

^a Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Marketing   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

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EID: 62449202833     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01452.x     Document Type: Article

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