The dynamics of investment, payout and debt

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 3759-3800

  Lambrecht, Bart M ^b   Myers, Stewart C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85030535680     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhx081     Document Type: Article

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