Reallocation of corporate resources and managerial incentives in internal capital markets

European Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 659-681

  Brusco, Sandro ^a   Panunzi, Fausto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conglomerates; Internal capital markets; Managerial incentives

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; INCENTIVE;

EID: 12944274791     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(03)00066-7     Document Type: Article

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