Reversal of fortune: Dividend signaling and the disappearance of sustained earnings growth

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 341-371

  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

Disclosure policy; Dividends; Earnings growth; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030101178     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-405X(95)00850-E     Document Type: Article

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