What do private equity firms say they do?

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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Separation of Ownership and Control

Eugene F. Fama, Michael C. Jensen · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1983 · 19.1K citations

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Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers

Michael C. Jensen · American Economic Review · 1986 · 17.6K citations

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Determinants of corporate borrowing

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The Capital Structure Puzzle

Stewart C. Myers · The Journal of Finance · 1984 · 7.6K citations · Full text

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