Dividends, maturity, and acquisitions: Evidence from a sample of bank IPOs

Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-21

  Cornett, Marcia Millon ^a   Fayman, Alex ^b   Marcus, Alan J ^c   Tehranian, Hassan ^c  

^a BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank IPO; Dividend initiation; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951577009     PISSN: 10583300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rfe.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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