Overinvestment, corporate governance, and dividend initiations

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 710-724

  Officer, Micah S ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Corporate governance; Dividend initiations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954577249     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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