Taxes, dividend yields and returns in the UK equity market

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 405-423

  Morgan, Gareth ^a   Thomas, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

G10; Seasonality; Size; Taxes; UK dividend yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040095463     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(98)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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