Dividend payouts: Evidence from U.S. bank holding companies in the context of the financial crisis

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-65

  Abreu, José Filipe ^a   Gulamhussen, Mohamed Azzim ^b  

^a Banking Supervision Department   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bank regulation; Banks; Dividends; Financial crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877679842     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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