Payout policy choices and shareholder investment horizons

Review of Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 261-320

  Gaspar, José Miguel ^a   Massa, Massimo ^b   Matos, Pedro ^c   Patgiri, Rajdeep ^d   Rehman, Zahid ^d  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b INSEAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d BlackRock ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84871183882     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfr040     Document Type: Article

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