Dividends and expropriation

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-78

  Faccio, Mara ^a   Lang, Larry H P ^b   Young, Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0002616759     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.1.54     Document Type: Article

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