Managements' views on share buy-backs: An Australian survey

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 93-129

  Mitchell, Jason D ^a   Dharmawan, Grace V ^b   Clarke, Alex W ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Commotrade Ltd ^*  (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Managements' views; Share buy backs

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844565137     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-629X.00055     Document Type: Article

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