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David J. Denis, Diane K. Denis, Atulya Sarin, The Information Content of Dividend Changes: Cash Flow Signaling, Overinvestment, and Dividend Clienteles, The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Dec., 1994), pp. 567-587
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