Capital structure and debt structure

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4242-4280

  Rauh, Joshua D ^a   Sufi, Amir ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 78649479456     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhq095     Document Type: Article

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