Does geography matter? Firm location and corporate payout policy

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 533-551

  John, Kose ^a   Knyazeva, Anzhela ^b   Knyazeva, Diana ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dividends; Firm location; Geography; Payout policy; Proximity to shareholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960391101     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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