Dividends versus share repurchases evidence from Canada: 1985-2003

Financial Review

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-81

  Kooli, Maher ^a   L’Her, Jean François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Investment Policy Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Dividends; Payout policy; Share repurchases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055167535     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2009.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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