Testing theories of capital structure and estimating the speed of adjustment

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-271

  Huang, Rongbing ^a   Ritter, Jay R ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 68949179799     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109009090152     Document Type: Article

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