Corporate payout policy

Foundations and Trends in Finance

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 95-287

  DeAngelo, Harry ^a   DeAngelo, Linda ^a   Skinner, Douglas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84864986642     PISSN: 15672395     EISSN: 15672409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0500000020     Document Type: Article

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