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

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Corporate financing and investment decisions when firms have information that investors do not have

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Determinants of corporate borrowing

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Financial Intermediation and Delegated Monitoring

1984 • 8,226 citations

Financial Dependence and Growth

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What Do We Know about Capital Structure? Some Evidence from International Data

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Positive Accounting Theory

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On the Impossibility of Informationally Efficient Markets

1980 • 4,825 citations

On the impossibility of informationally efficient markets

1980 • 3,972 citations

The investment opportunity set and corporate financing, dividend, and compensation policies

1992 • 3,817 citations

Insiders and Outsiders: The Choice between Informed and Arm's‐Length Debt

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Monitoring and Reputation: The Choice between Bank Loans and Directly Placed Debt

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Law and Finance

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On financial contracting

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Law, Finance, and Firm Growth

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Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance

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What Do We Know about Capital Structure? Some Evidence from International Data

1995 • 1,779 citations

Debt Maturity Structure and Liquidity Risk

1991 • 1,735 citations

The Maturity Structure of Corporate Debt

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1976 • 1,388 citations

Capital Structure and the Informational Role of Debt

1990 • 1,296 citations

The role of banks in reducing the costs of financial distress in Japan

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Asymmetric Information and Risky Debt Maturity Choice

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The Determinants of Corporate Debt Maturity Structure

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Large Shareholder Activism, Risk Sharing, and Financial Market Equilibrium

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Insiders and Outsiders: The Choice between Informed and Arm's-Length Debt

1992 • 851 citations

Stock Market Development and Financial Intermediaries: Stylized Facts

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Limited market participation and volatility of asset prices

1993 • 690 citations

Seniority and maturity of debt contracts

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Financial Policy and Reputation for Product Quality

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Stock Market Development and Financing Choices of Firms

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Capital Structure in Repeated Oligopolies

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The S&L Insurance Mess: How Did It Happen?

1990 • 399 citations

The Maturity Structure of Corporate Debt

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Capital Structure and the Informational Role of Debt

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Liquidity, Banks, and Markets

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Debt and Seniority: An Analysis of the Role of Hard Claims in Constraining Management

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On the Efficiency of Competitive Stock Markets Where Trades Have Diverse Information

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Corporate Financial Structures in Developing Countries

1991 • 190 citations

The flotation of companies on the stock market

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Stock Market Development and Firm Financing Choices

1995 • 143 citations

THE ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE

1995 • 119 citations

MAKING ACCOUNTING MORE INTERNATIONAL: WHY, HOW, AND HOW FAR WILL IT GO?

1995 • 104 citations

Financial Constraints, Uses of Funds, and Firm Growth: An International Comparison

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International Capital Structure Equilibrium

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Debt, Leases, Taxes and the Endogeneity of Corporate Tax Status

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International survey of accounting principles and reporting practices

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Doing business in Turkey

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Optimal Debt Structure with Multiple Creditors

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Leverage and Maturity as Strategic Complements

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Banking Systems, Bankruptcy Arrangements and Institutional Complementarity

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1955 • 0 citations