An agency analysis of firm diversification: The consequences of discretionary cash and managerial risk considerations

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 247-260

  Chen, Carl R ^a   Steiner, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Firm discussion; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043059868     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008350413455     Document Type: Article

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