The effect of the financial crisis on the value of corporate diversification in Spanish firms

  1. Fuente Herrero, Gabriel de la
  2. Velasco González, Pilar
Revista:
Revista española de financiación y contabilidad

ISSN: 0210-2412

Año de publicación: 2015

Volumen: 44

Número: 1

Páginas: 1-23

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Revista española de financiación y contabilidad

Información de financiación

This work was supported by: the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under Project ECO 2011-29144-C03-01; the Spanish Ministry of Education under the FPU Programme; and the Banco Herrero Foundation.

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