Explaining corporate capital structure: Product markets, leases, and asset similarity

Review of Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-155

  Rauh, Joshua D ^a,b   Sufi, Amir ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84555177805     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfr023     Document Type: Article

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