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- 32
- Issue
- 2
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- 371-371
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Hayne E. Leland,
David H. Pyle
(1977).
Informational Asymmetries, Financial Structure, and Financial Intermediation.
The Journal of Finance
, 32
(2)
, 371-371.
https://doi.org/10.2307/2326770
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- 10.2307/2326770