The Moral Hazard Theory of Corporate Financial Structure: Empirical Tests

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, 1982.

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Moral hazardBusinessActuarial scienceFinanceEconomicsMicroeconomicsIncentive

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Year: 2011
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                                    Scott Williamson
                                
                            (2011). 
                            The Moral Hazard Theory of Corporate Financial Structure: Empirical Tests. 
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