Family Involvement and Dividend Policy in Closely Held Firms

Family Business Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 365-385

  González, Maximiliano ^a   Guzmán, Alexander ^b   Pombo, Carlos ^a   Trujillo, María Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b CESA School of Business ^*  (Colombia)

Author keywords

agency problems; closely held firms; Colombia; dividend policy; family firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911064898     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486514538448     Document Type: Article

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