What do stock splits really signal?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 357-375

  Ikenberry, David L ^a   Rankine, Graeme ^b   Stice, Earl K ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Garvin School of International Management   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0030508718     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2331396     Document Type: Article

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