Increased presence of foreign investors and dividend policy of Japanese firms

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-174

  Baba, Naohiko ^a  

^a BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dividend; Foreign investors; Generalized ordered probit; Random effects; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649110672     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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