Disappearing dividends: Changing firm characteristics or lower propensity to pay?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-43

  Fama, Eugene F ^a   French, Kenneth R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dividends; G32; G35; New listings; Payout policy; Stock repurchases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003164748     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(01)00038-1     Document Type: Article

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