Rent extraction by large shareholders: Evidence using dividend policy in the Czech Republic

Finance a Uver - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 106-130

  Bena, Jan ^a,b   Hanousek, Jan ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Dividend policy; Large shareholders; Rent extraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 45249111207     PISSN: 00151920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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