Earnings, Working Capital and Dividend Payout: Evidence from the London Stock Exchange
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Dividend Payout; Earnings; Working Capital; Inverse U-shape Relationship;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
- G35 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Payout Policy
- M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
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