Share repurchases as a potential tool to mislead investors

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-158

  Chan, Konan ^a   Ikenberry, David L ^b   Lee, Inmoo ^c   Wang, Yanzhi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Dimensional Fund Advisors   (United States)

^d YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earnings management; Managerial signal; Share repurchase

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749133634     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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