Growth opportunities and the effect of corporate diversification on value

  1. De Andrés, Pablo
  2. De la Fuente, Gabriel
  3. Velasco González, Pilar
Revista:
The Spanish Review of Financial Economics

ISSN: 2173-1268

Año de publicación: 2014

Volumen: 12

Número: 2

Páginas: 72-81

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/J.SRFE.2014.02.001 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: The Spanish Review of Financial Economics

Información de financiación

Financial support has been received from the Regional Government of Castilla y León (Ref. VA 291 B11-1) and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Ref. ECO 2011-29144-C03-01 and ECO2012-32554). Pilar Velasco also acknowledges the financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Education (FPU fellowship).

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