On the motivation for paying scrip dividends

Financial Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-80

  Lasfer, M Ameziane ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038879276     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3666240     Document Type: Article

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