Dividend policy, trading characteristics and share prices: Empirical evidence from egyptian firms

International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-133

  Omran, Mohammed ^a,b   Pointon, John ^c  

^a Egypt Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b Economic Policy Institute ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dividend; Egypt; Payout; Stock market

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244254273     PISSN: 02190249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219024904002384     Document Type: Article

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