Dividend Payouts and Information Shocks

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 403-456

  Hail, Luzi ^a   Tahoun, Ahmed ^b   Wang, Clare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84895616163     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-679X.12040     Document Type: Article

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