On the differential market reaction to dividend initiations

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 263-277

  Jin, Zhenhu ^a  

^a ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dividend initiation; Event study; G12; G14; G32; G35; Payout policy; Security pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043282602     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1062-9769(99)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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