Incentives for on-market buy-backs: Evidence from a transparent buy-back regime

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 146-169

  Mitchell, Jason D ^a,c   Dharmawan, Grace V ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Commotrade Ltd ^*  (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Financial characteristics; Incentives; On market buy backs; Signalling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548312370     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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