Dividend policy, managerial ownership and debt financing: A non-parametric perspective

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 783-795

  Florackis, Chris ^a   Kanas, Angelos ^b   Kostakis, Alexandros ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Dividends; Managerial Ownership; Non linearity; Semi parametric approash

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

CAPITAL STRUCTURE; DIVIDENDS; MANAGERIAL OWNERSHIP; NON-LINEARITY; SEMIPARAMETRIC;

MANAGERS;

EID: 84916883401     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.08.031     Document Type: Article

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