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Firms as Portfolios: A Mean-Variance Analysis of Unquoted UK Companies

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  • Hay, Donald A
  • Louri, Helen

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This paper adopts a mean-variance portfolio framework to model the balance sheet behavior of unquoted companies with respect to choice items such as fixed investment, investment in stocks, trade credit, and borrowing. Econometric results for a sample of thirty-nine U.K. firms are consistent with many of the restrictions implied by portfolio theory, in particular that these balance sheet items are jointly determined. Copyright 1989 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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  • Hay, Donald A & Louri, Helen, 1989. "Firms as Portfolios: A Mean-Variance Analysis of Unquoted UK Companies," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(2), pages 141-165, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jindec:v:38:y:1989:i:2:p:141-65
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    5. Dimelis, Sophia P. & Lyriotaki, Maria-Niki, 2007. "Inventory investment and foreign ownership in Greek manufacturing firms," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 108(1-2), pages 8-14, July.
    6. Silva, Evandro & Resende, Marcelo, 2006. "Demands for Short-Run Assets and Liabilities in Brazil: a Portfolio Approach," Revista Brasileira de Economia - RBE, EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance - FGV EPGE (Brazil), vol. 60(1), January.

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