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Back to the Beginning: Persistence and the Cross-Section of Corporate Capital Structure
Article first published online: 19 JUL 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2008.01369.x
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LEMMON, M. L., ROBERTS, M. R. and ZENDER, J. F. (2008), Back to the Beginning: Persistence and the Cross-Section of Corporate Capital Structure. The Journal of Finance, 63: 1575–1608. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2008.01369.x
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