Do leverage, dividend payout, and ownership concentration influence firms' value creation? an analysis of Brazilian firms

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 80-94

  Iturriaga, Félix J López ^a   Crisóstomo, Vicente Lima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

agency theory; dividends; growth opportunities; leverage; ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953829984     PISSN: 1540496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/REE1540-496X460306     Document Type: Article

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