Corporate cash holdings and dividend payments: Evidence from simultaneous analysis

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 231-241

  Al Najjar, Basil ^a   Belghitar, Yacine ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79955756025     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1529     Document Type: Article

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