The dividend and share repurchase policies of Canadian firms: Empirical evidence based on an alternative research design

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-377

  de Jong, Abe ^a   van Dijk, Ronald ^b   Veld, Chris ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ING Investment Management   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dividends; Nested logit models; Payout decisions; Questionnaire data; Share repurchases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042342630     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1057-5219(03)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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