CEO overconfidence and dividend policy

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 440-463

  Deshmukh, Sanjay ^a   Goel, Anand M ^b   Howe, Keith M ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Navigant Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral corporate finance; CEO; Dividend policy; Overconfidence; Payout policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881368593     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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