Earnings management and expected dividend increases around seasoned share issues: Evidence from Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-228

  Kinnunen, Juha ^a   Keloharju, Matti ^a   Kasanen, Eero ^a   Niskanen, Jyrki ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dividend policy; Earnings management; Market reaction; Share issue

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034196416     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5221(99)00017-2     Document Type: Article

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