The market reaction to the choice of accounting method for stock splits and large stock dividends

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-182

  Rankine, Graeme ^a   Stice, Earl K ^b  

^a Garvin School of International Management   (United States)

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

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EID: 0031518102     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2331171     Document Type: Article

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