Dividend policy in Switzerland

Financial Markets and Portfolio Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-183

  Stacescu, Bogdan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dividends; Expected earnings; Payout policy; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748869272     PISSN: 15554961     EISSN: 1555497X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11408-006-0013-7     Document Type: Article

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