The diversification discount puzzle: Evidence for a transaction-cost resolution

Financial Review

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-135

  Aggarwal, Raj ^a   Zhao, Shelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate diversification; Internal capital markets; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993079274     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2008.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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