Why are firms with entrenched managers more likely to pay dividends?

Review of Accounting and Finance

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-116

  Hoje, H ^a   Pan, Carrie ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Dividends; Management attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959801573     PISSN: 14757702     EISSN: 17587700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14757700910934256     Document Type: Article

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