The dividend month premium

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 640-660

  Hartzmark, Samuel M ^a   Solomon, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; Dividends; Mispricing; Price pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879799582     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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