Dividend initiations and earnings surprises

Financial Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 36-45

  Lipson, Marc L ^b   Maquieira, Carlos P ^a   Megginson, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032259705     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3666273     Document Type: Article

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