Marginal stockholder tax effects and ex-dividend-day price behavior: Evidence from taxable versus nontaxable closed-end funds

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 579-586

  Elton, Edwin J ^a   Gruber, Martin J ^a   Blake, Christopher R ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23844540296     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0034653054638337     Document Type: Article

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