Investor protection and dividend policy: The case of Islamic and conventional banks

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 27, Issue , 2016, Pages 100-117

  Athari, Seyed Alireza ^a   Adaoglu, Cahit ^a   Bektas, Eralp ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Conventional banks; Dividend policy; Islamic banks; Outcome; Substitute

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966708363     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: 18736173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2016.04.001     Document Type: Article

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