Do firms use dividends to signal large future cash flow increases?

Financial Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 46-57

  Brook, Yaron ^a   Charlton Jr , William T ^a   Hendershott, Robert J ^a  

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EID: 0032263705     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3666274     Document Type: Article

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