The effect of institutional interest on the information content of dividend-change announcements

Journal of Financial Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 429-448

  Alangar, Sadhana ^a   Bathala, Chenchuramaiah T ^b   Rao, Ramesh P ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4043084572     PISSN: 02702592     EISSN: 14756803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6803.1999.tb00704.x     Document Type: Article

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