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Share pledging, social trust and cash dividend payout: evidence from China

Weijia Hua School of Accounting, Jilin University of Finance and Economics, Changchun, P.R. ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9710-1876View further author information
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Shi Tengb School of Business and Management, Jilin University, Changchun, P.R. ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8968-6189View further author information
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Yu-En Linc Center for Quantitative Economics, Jilin University, Changchun, P.R. ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yuan Lid HSBC Business School of Peking University, Shenzhen, P.R. ChinaView further author information
Pages 3006-3012 | Published online: 08 Sep 2022

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