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Switching to a Poor Business Activity: Optimal Capital Structure, Agency Costs and Convenant Rules

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  • Décamps, Jean-Paul
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  • Décamps, Jean-Paul & Djembissi, Bertrand, 2005. "Switching to a Poor Business Activity: Optimal Capital Structure, Agency Costs and Convenant Rules," IDEI Working Papers 375, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse.
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    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • G33 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Bankruptcy; Liquidation

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