Dividend policy theories and their empirical tests

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-138

  Frankfurter, George M ^a   Wood Jr , Bob G ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dividend policy; Dividend theory; Empirical test of dividend policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036309061     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1057-5219(02)00071-6     Document Type: Article

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