Dividend changes and catering incentives

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-308

  Li, Wei ^a   Lie, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catering; Dividends; Payout policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646011224     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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