Managerial timing and corporate liquidity: : Evidence from actual share repurchases

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 417-448

  Brockman, Paul ^a   Chung, Dennis Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

G350; Liquidity; Repurchase; Stock Exchange of Hong Kong; Timing ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008960994     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(01)00068-X     Document Type: Article

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