Signaling, corporate governance, and the equilibrium dividend policy

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 186-199

  Esqueda, Omar A ^a  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Cross listings; Dividend policy; Emerging markets; Insider ownership; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958875018     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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