Information effects of dividends: Evidence from the Hong Kong market

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-54

  Cheng, Louis T W ^a   Fung, Hung Gay ^b   Leung, Tak Yan ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dividends; Earnings; Information effects; Price reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845953400     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11156-006-0002-y     Document Type: Article

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