Ownership structure and tax-friendly dividends

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2747-2760

  Henry, Darren ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dividend clienteles; Dividend imputation system; Ownership structure; Tax based preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960902535     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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