Optimal priority structure, capital structure, and investment

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 748-796

  Hackbarth, Dirk ^a   Mauer, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 84857617661     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhr129     Document Type: Review

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