The internal capital markets of business groups: Evidence from intra-group loans

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 190-212

  Buchuk, David ^a   Larrain, Borja ^b   Muñoz, Francisco ^c   Urzúa I , Francisco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business groups; Cash flow rights; Internal capital markets; Intra group loans; Pyramids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897464697     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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