Catering effects in corporate dividend policy: The international evidence

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1730-1738

  Ferris, Stephen P ^a   Jayaraman, Narayanan ^b   Sabherwal, Sanjiv ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Catering; Dividends; International

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349217072     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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