This study provides an emerging economy perspective towards the Miller and Modigliani (1961) separation principle. Applying a panel Granger causality test proposed by Hurlin and Venet (2004) to the dividend and investment data of 265 Indian manufacturing firms for 1992--2004, the M--M hypothesis...

The significant role played by beta in various aspects of financial decision-making has forced people from small investors to investment bankers to rethink on beta in the era of globalization with ever changing market conditions. Standing on the edge of a free capital mobile world with...