Testing dividend signaling models

Journal of Empirical Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-98

  Bernhardt, Dan ^a   Douglas, Alan ^b   Robertson, Fiona ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dividend signaling models; Income; Monotonicity condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744261088     PISSN: 09275398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jempfin.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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