Does the pecking order hypothesis explain the dividend payout ratios of firms in the UK?

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 25, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1127-1155

  Adedeji, Abimbola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042622968     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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