Agency costs of free cash flow, internal capital markets and unrelated diversification

Review of Managerial Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 145-174

  Staglianò, Raffaele ^a   La Rocca, Maurizio ^b   La Rocca, Tiziana ^c  

^a MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agency costs of free cash flow; Corporate diversification; Internal capital markets; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957433224     PISSN: 18636683     EISSN: 18636691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11846-013-0098-0     Document Type: Article

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