How much of the diversification discount can be explained by poor corporate governance?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-60

  Hoechle, Daniel ^a,b   Schmid, Markus ^c   Walter, Ingo ^d   Yermack, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Man Investments   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Diversification; Firm valuation; Organizational structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055156861     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.03.025     Document Type: Article

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