The industry-wide implications of dividend omission and initiation announcements and the determinants of information transfer

Financial Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 137-158

  Kohers, Ninon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contagion effect; Dividend initiation; Dividend omission; Industry reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142109274     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.1999.tb00449.x     Document Type: Article

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