Share repurchases and firm performance: New evidence on the agency costs of free cash flow

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-222

  Nohel, Tom ^a   Tarhan, Vefa ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Free cash flow; G32; G34; G35; Restructuring; Share repurchases; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000205744     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-405x(98)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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