Capital structure dynamics and transitory debt

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-261

  DeAngelo, Harry ^a   DeAngelo, Linda ^a   Whited, Toni M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic capital structure; Financial flexibility; Target capital structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650308060     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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