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Capital Structure
Stewart C. Myers
The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 15, No. 2. (Spring, 2001), pp. 81-102.
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Journal of Economic Perspectives-Volume 15, Number 2-Spring 2001-Pages 81-1 02
Capital Structure
Stewart C. Myers
he study of capital structure attempts to explain the mix of securities and
financing sources used by corporations to finance real investment. Most of
the research on capital structure has focused on the proportions of debt
vs. equity observed on the right-hand sides of corporations'...