What role taxes and regulation? A second look at open market share buyback activity in the UK

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 257-292

  Oswald, Dennis ^a   Young, Steven ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 20044389774     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0306-686X.2004.0007.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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