Stock splits and information: The role of share price

Financial Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 28-40

  Conroy, Robert M ^a   Harris, Robert S ^a  

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EID: 0033483163     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3666181     Document Type: Article

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