Should business groups be dismantled? The equilibrium costs of efficient internal capital markets

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-144

  Almeida, Heitor ^a,b   Wolfenzon, Daniel ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital allocation; Conglomerates; Internal capital markets; Investor protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244470826     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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