Dividend payouts and corporate governance quality: An empirical investigation

Financial Review

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-279

  Jiraporn, Pornsit ^a   Kim, Jang Chul ^b   Kim, Young Sang ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Agency theory; Corporate governance; Dividend policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959786858     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2011.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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