An empirical investigation of corporate asset downsizing

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 427-448

  Denis, Diane K ^a   Shome, Dilip K ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Downsizing; Firm debt ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444479789     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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