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Capital Structure

Capital structure is the composition of long-term debt and equity financing employed by a firm to finance its operations and capital assets.

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Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling · Journal of Financial Economics · 1976 · 70.7K citations

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The Cost of Capital, Corporation Finance and the Theory of Investment

Merton H. Miller · American Economic Review · 1958 · 15K citations

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Determinants of corporate borrowing

Stewart C. Myers · Journal of Financial Economics · 1977 · 13.4K citations

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Legal Determinants of External Finance

Florencio López‐de‐Silanes, Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · The Journal of Finance · 1997 · 10K citations · Full text

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Large Shareholders and Corporate Control

Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · Journal of Political Economy · 1986 · 8.6K citations

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  1. LL
    Luc Laeven

    European Central Bank, Germany

    31 publications · 3.5K citations

    25

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  2. ST
    Sheridan Titman

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    34 publications · 15.3K citations

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  3. MS
    Michael S. Weisbach

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    24 publications · 5.5K citations

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  4. VM
    Vojislav Maksimovic

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    26 publications · 6.9K citations

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  5. AN
    Allen N. Berger

    University of South Carolina, United States

    27 publications · 8.2K citations

    21

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Institutions

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  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    103 h-index

    547 publications

    92.5K citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    66 h-index

    136 publications

    75.9K citations

  3. European Corporate Governance Institute

    Brussels, Belgium

    66 h-index

    269 publications

    21.6K citations

  4. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    62 h-index

    261 publications

    19.1K citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    54 h-index

    155 publications

    21.7K citations

  6. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    50 h-index

    115 publications

    17.7K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    49 h-index

    102 publications

    20K citations

  8. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    47 h-index

    113 publications

    26.3K citations

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  1. The Journal of Finance

    366 publications · 181.1K citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 1.8K publications · 94.3K citations

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  3. Journal of Financial Economics

    176 publications · 154.6K citations

    109

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  4. Review of Financial Studies

    125 publications · 29.7K citations

    81

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  5. Journal of Banking & Finance

    180 publications · 29K citations

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See also

Capital Structure

Theories

Outcomes

Measures

Adjustment Dynamics