Contagion effects of dividend reduction or omission announcements in the electric utility industry

Financial Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-136

  Impson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contagion; Dividend; Electric utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043104600     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2000.tb01410.x     Document Type: Article

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