The effects of voluntary disclosure and dividend propensity on prices leading earnings

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-55

  Hussainey, Khaled ^a,c   Walker, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual report narratives; Content analysis; Dividend propensity; Firm growth characteristics; Returns earnings relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449155911     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2009.9663348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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