Dividend policy

Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 9, Issue C, 1995, Pages 793-837

  Allen, Franklin ^a   Michaely, Roni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SAS Institute Inc   (United States)

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EID: 77951608784     PISSN: 09270507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0507(05)80069-6     Document Type: Review

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