Dividend policy: Balancing shareholders' and creditors' interests

Journal of Financial Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-66

  Shao, Liang ^a   Kwok, Chuck C Y ^b   Guedhami, Omrane ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84875531563     PISSN: 02702592     EISSN: 14756803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6803.2013.12002.x     Document Type: Article

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