Dividend policy and the organization of capital markets

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-121

  Aivazian, Varouj ^a   Booth, Laurence ^a   Cleary, Sean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Developing countries; Dividends; Information asymmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037375418     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-444X(02)00038-5     Document Type: Article

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