Do Family Firms Use Dividend Policy as a Governance Mechanism? Evidence from the Euro zone

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 413-431

  Pindado, Julio ^a   Requejo, Ignacio ^a   de la Torre, Chabela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate Governance; Dividend Policy; Euro zone; Family Control; Second Blockholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866154769     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2012.00921.x     Document Type: Article

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