Effect of diversification on capital structure

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 799-826

  La Rocca, Maurizio ^a   La Rocca, Tiziana ^a   Gerace, Dionigi ^b   Smark, Ciorstan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Financing decisions; Product diversification; Relatedness; Source of finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450228406     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2009.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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