Are dividends disappearing? Dividend concentration and the consolidation of earnings

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 425-456

  DeAngelo, Harry ^a   DeAngelo, Linda ^a   Skinner, Douglas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dividends; Earnings concentration; Losses; Payout policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442689383     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(03)00186-7     Document Type: Article

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