A gap-filling theory of corporate debt maturity choice

Journal of Finance

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 993-1028

  Greenwood, Robin ^a   Hanson, Samuel ^a   Stein, Jeremy C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953722488     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2010.01559.x     Document Type: Article

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