Institutional and individual investor preferences for dividends and share repurchases

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 406-429

  Jain, Ravi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clienteles; Dividends; Institutional investors; Ownership structure; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447508076     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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