Corporate reorganizations: Changes in the intensity of labor and capital expenditures

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 26, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 1205-1238

  Ballester, Marta ^a   Livnat, Joshua ^b   Sinha, Nishi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77951486699     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00294     Document Type: Conference Paper

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