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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION AWARDS SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION AWARDS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Share-based Compensation Awards [Abstract] |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block] |
|  | First Quarter
Assumptions |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Expected volatility rate |  | 19.03% |  | 20.45%
Expected dividend yield |  | 2.48% |  | 2.64%
Average risk-free interest rate |  | 2.61% |  | 1.91%
Expected term years |  | 5.1 |  | 5.1

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the significant assumptions used during the year to estimate the fair value of stock options, including, but not limited to: (a) expected term of share options and similar instruments, (b) expected volatility of the entity's shares, (c) expected dividends, (d) risk-free rate(s), and (e) discount for post-vesting restrictions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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