Stock Dividends and Splits: Anticipation, Signaling, and Market Response

Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-166

  Crawford, Dean ^a   Franz, Diana R ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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EID: 84990341299     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X0101600205     Document Type: Review

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