Professor David J. Denis presented the session transcribed here at the October, 2014 FMA meetings in Nashville, TN. Prof. Denis is the Roger S. Ahlbrandt, Sr. Chair and Professor of Business Administration at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh

We analyze capital structure decisions of U.S. firms during 1905-1924, a period characterized by two shocks that provide a unique experiment for studying the primary determinants of financing choices: (i) the introduction of corporate and individual taxes, and (ii) the onset of World War I,...

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