Heterogeneity in the Speed of Adjustment toward Target Leverage

International Review of Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-211

  Elsas, Ralf ^a   Florysiak, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 79959610874     PISSN: 1369412X     EISSN: 14682443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2443.2011.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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