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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Statement of Stockholders' Equity (Parenthetical) [Abstract]
Dividends declared on common stock	$ 0.28	$ 0.27	$ 0.82	$ 0.77

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Statement of Stockholders' Equity (Parenthetical) [Abstract]

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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