The relation between dividends and insider ownership in different legal systems: International evidence

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-189

  Farinha, Jorge ^a   Lopez De Foronda, Oscar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Dividend policy; Dynamic panel data and GMM estimation; Insider ownership; International financial markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649117013     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13518470802588718     Document Type: Article

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