Uncertainty about average profitability and the diversification discount

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 463-484

  Hund, John ^a   Monk, Donald ^b,c   Tice, Sheri ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States Securities and Exchange Commission   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification discount; Internal capital markets; Rational learning models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952885974     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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