Firm diversification and the value of corporate cash holdings

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 741-758

  Tong, Zhenxu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate cash holdings; Firm diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954581230     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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