Accounting Disclosures and Corporate Payout Policy: Special Dividends versus Stock Repurchases

Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 385-399

  Gelb, David ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84990338845     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X9901400401     Document Type: Review

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