Asymmetric information, dividend reductions, and contagion effects in bank stock returns

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1831-1848

  Bessler, Wolfgang ^a   Nohel, Tom ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Dividend announcements; Financial intermediation; G14; G21; G35; Intra industry effects; Valuation effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010587923     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00097-7     Document Type: Article

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