How important is capital structure policy to firm survival?

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-103

  Chung, Y Peter ^a   Na, Hyun Seung ^b   Smith, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Bankruptcy; Capital structure; Neutral mutation; Oil exploration and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878194769     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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