Dismantling internal capital markets via spinoff: Effects on capital allocation efficiency and firm valuation

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 253-275

  McNeil, Chris R ^a   Moore, William T ^b  

^a Department of Management Information Systems   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital budgeting; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344267937     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1199(03)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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