Dividend policy, signaling, and discounts on closed-end funds

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 539-562

  Johnson, Shane A ^a   Lin, Ji Chai ^b   Roy Song, Kyojik ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Closed funds; Compensation; Dividend policy; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746192220     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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