Internal capital markets and investment policy: Evidence from corporate spinoffs

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 489-516

  Ahn, Seoungpil ^a   Denis, David J ^b  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Internal capital markets; Spinoffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342307456     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(03)00165-X     Document Type: Article

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