Human capital, capital structure, and employee pay: An empirical analysis

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 478-502

  Chemmanur, Thomas J ^a   Cheng, Yingmei ^b   Zhang, Tianming ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Human capital; Labor costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884415659     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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