The stock-market reaction to dividend cuts and omissions by commercial banks

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1485-1508

  Bessler, Wolfgang ^a   Nohel, Tom ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Banking; Dividend announcements; Financial markets; Valuation effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030295394     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(96)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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