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Testing the pecking order theory of capital structure
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- Frank, M. Z., & Goyal, V. K.
- Venue
- Journal of Financial Economics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2003-02
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 217-248
- ISSN
- 0304-405X (ISSN-L)
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- W3124871904
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- 2,633
- References
- 6
- FWCI
- 123.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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