The Capital Structure Puzzle
The Journal of FinancePublished 1 July 1984Open access
Stewart C. Myers
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Stewart C. Myers, The Capital Structure Puzzle, 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
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