We document changes in aggregate dividend payments by Canadian firms over the period 1989-2021, which covers both the “disappearing” (1989-2002) and the reappearing periods (2003-2021) previously noted for U.S firms. In Canada, the changes are mainly driven by the changes in the number of...

We examine the effect of corporate governance mechanisms on asymmetric information. Using a sample of 392 non-financial UK companies listed in the London Stock Exchange we find that board independence, performance related executive compensation, the number of insiders and leverage are...

This paper explores the relationship between corporate governance and asymmetric information. We find that proxies for governance mechanisms that encourage the monitoring of managers and rewards managers for moderating shirking and perquisite consumption are inversely related to proxies for...