How corporate governance affects payout policy under agency problems and external financing constraints

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2093-2101

  Chae, Joon ^a   Kim, Sungmin ^b   Lee, Eun Jung ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agency problems; Corporate governance; External financing constraints; Payout policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249125387     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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