Divisional diversity and the conglomerate discount: Evidence from spinoffs

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-98

  Burch, Timothy R ^a   Nanda, Vikram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification discount; Diversified firms; Internal capital markets; Spinoff

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141426564     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(03)00142-9     Document Type: Article

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