Dividends, leverage, and family ownership in the emerging Indonesian market

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 43, Issue , 2016, Pages 16-29

  Mulyani, Evy ^a   Singh, Harminder ^b   Mishra, Sagarika ^b  

^a Center for Climate Change Financing and Multilateral Policy Fiscal Policy Agency Ministry of Finance of Republic of Indonesia Radius Prawiro Building   (Indonesia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dividend; Family ownership; Leverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963596017     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2016.03.004     Document Type: Article

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