Operating performance following dividend decreases and omissions

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-53

  Lie, Erik ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Dividend decreases; Dividend omissions; Operating performance; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944486087     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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