Earned/contributed capital, dividend policy, and disclosure quality: An international study

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1610-1625

  Brockman, Paul ^a   Unlu, Emre ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting disclosure; Agency costs; Dividend policy; Lifecycle theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955582353     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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