Corporate Governance and Capital Structure Dynamics

Journal of Finance

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 803-848

  Morellec, Erwan ^a   Nikolov, Boris ^b   Schürhoff, Norman ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84861309044     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2012.01735.x     Document Type: Article

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