Dividend behavior and dividend signaling

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-189

  Garrett, Ian ^c   Priestley, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^c NONE

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EID: 0040192117     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676189     Document Type: Article

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