Corporate governance and dividend policy: Shareholders' protection or expropriation?

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 648-667

  Adjaoud, Fodil ^a   Ben Amar, Walid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Corporate governance; Payout policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955448868     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2010.02192.x     Document Type: Article

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