The Capital Structure Puzzle

American Finance Association

The Capital Structure Puzzle Author(s): Stewart C. Myers Source: The Journal of Finance, Vol. 39, No. 3, Papers and Proceedings, Forty-Second Annual Meeting, American Finance Association, San Francisco, CA, December 28-30, 1983 (Jul., 1984), pp. 575-592 Published by: Blackwell Publishing for the American Finance Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2327916 Accessed: 25/08/2009 22:21

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