Hard Times or Great Expectations? Dividend Omissions and Dividend Cuts by UK Firms

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 531-555

  Benito, Andrew ^a,b   Young, Garry ^a  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b BANCO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

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EID: 0344197575     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2003.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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