Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2007–2009 Financial Crisis

Venkat Kuppuswamy
Venkat Kuppuswamy
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Kenan-Flager Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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Belén Villalonga
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Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10003
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Venkat Kuppuswamy

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Kenan-Flager Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599

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Belén Villalonga

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Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10003

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Published Online:3 Sep 2015https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2015.2165

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Received:September 08, 2014
Accepted:January 06, 2015
Published Online:September 03, 2015

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Venkat Kuppuswamy, Belén Villalonga (2015) Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2007–2009 Financial Crisis. Management Science 62(4):905-923.

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