Voluntary compliance and implied cost of equity capital : evidence from Canadian share repurchase programs

Securities legislation in Canada and around the world does not mandate firms to fulfill announced share repurchase programs. As such, a firms repurchase program completion rate can be interpreted as a measure of the firms voluntary compliance, which communicates to investors the degree to which the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leung, Joanne
Other Authors: Mishra, Dev R.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2008
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Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-09162008-024054/