Special dividends and the evolution of dividend signaling

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 309-354

  Deangelo, Harry ^a   Deangelo, Linda ^a   Skinner, Douglas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

D82; Dividend policy; G35; Payout policy; Signaling; Special dividends; Stock repurchases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001226173     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-405x(00)00060-x     Document Type: Article

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