Empirical capital structure: A review

Foundations and Trends in Finance

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-93

  Parsons, Christopher ^a   Titman, Sheridan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 78650307848     PISSN: 15672395     EISSN: 15672409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0500000018     Document Type: Review

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