Operating Flexibility and Capital Structure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
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- Olga Kuzmina, 2013. "Operating Flexibility and Capital Structure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment," Working Papers w0197, New Economic School (NES).
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Capital Structure; Fixed-term Contracts; Operating Leverage; Operating Flexibility;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
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