The economic consequences of accounting for stock splits and large stock dividends

Accounting Review

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-253

  Peterson, Craig A ^a   Millar, James A ^a   Rimbey, James N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Accounting choice; Signaling; Stock dividend; Stock split

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030306589     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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