Why companies use open-market repurchases: A managerial perspective

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 483-504

  Baker, H Kent ^a   Powell, Gary E ^b   Veit, E Theodore ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash disbursement; Share repurchase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037412046     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9769(02)00151-5     Document Type: Article

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