Corporate diversification and credit constraints: Real effects across the business cycle

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1465-1498

  Dimitrov, Valentin ^a   Tice, Sheri ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750477612     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhj028     Document Type: Review

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