Conglomerate Structure and Capital Market Timing

Financial Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1307-1338

  Chang, Xin ^a   Hilary, Gilles ^b   Shih, Chia Mei ^c   Tam, Lewis H K ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSEAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

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EID: 78650069141     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: 1755053X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2010.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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