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Capital structure refers to the mix of funding sources a company uses to finance its assets and its operations. The sources typically can be bucketed into equity and debt. Using internally generated ...

In a spin‐off, the parent divides the assets of the firm and chooses the capital structure for the new, stand‐alone entity. I therefore use this sample to investigate how firms determine their capital ...

This article examines the interaction between capital structure and advertising competition. Using a sample of firms that raise significant amounts of capital, we find that firms whose financial ...