Company dividends and ownership structure: Evidence from UK panel data

Economic Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 510, 2006, Pages

  Khan, Tehmina ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; OWNERSHIP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644748217     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01082.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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