Effect of ownership structure on underinvestment and overinvestment: Empirical evidence from Spain

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 363-383

  Pindado, Julio ^a   De La Torre, Chabela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Expropriation; Managerial entrenchment; Overinvestment; Underinvestment

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649127249     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2008.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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