An econometric analysis of dividends and share repurchases by US firms

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 631-656

  Bhargava, Alok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Compustat database; Dividends; Dynamic random effects models; Endogeneity; Maximum likelihood; Share repurchases

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954793160     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2010.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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