Singapore -a common law origin first world country has a built-in system of reasonably adequate investors' protection with high degree of security of property right. Consistent therewith the present paper empirically demonstrates that minority shareholders extract dividend from the firms as an...

Despite developments of recent theoretical and numerous empirical studies on the policies effectively adopted by companies, the dividend distribution policy (DDP) remains largely unexplained. In this regard, the main purpose of the current study is to empirically examine the effects of both CEO...

Purpose: To investigate (provide empirical testing) the effect of ownership structure on corporate dividend policies by top 50 Egyptian companies for the years 1998-2002Design/ methodology / approach: Two dependent variables representing dividend policies; dividend decision and dividend yield...

Using a sample of 85 Delaware master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) from 2004 to 2016, we examine the relation between cash dividend policy and the strength of corporate governance measured by contractual governance provisions, such as fiduciary waiver, mandatory distributions, and voting...

We investigate the association between dividend policy and government shareholding, using Malaysian data. We hypothesize a positive association. We contribute to the literature about dividend policy. Unique features of our study include adaptations to the Malaysian institutional setting, with...

The paper analyzes whether nonfinancial firms as large blockholders of the Brazilian firm shape dividend policy. Under the Agency Theoretical framework, a set of good corporate governance practices is suggested as able to control management activity and prevent managers from incurring in moral...

This paper examines whether the presence of foreign board members leads to higher dividend yield in top Egyptian listed companies. Using a sample of the top 50 firms listed on the Egyptian Exchange between 2005 and 2014, I found that there is a significant positive relationship between board...

Various studies have analyzed the main determinants of payment method in M&As since the 1980s. We survey 2,260 US acquisitions to determine how relative the existing dividend policy of the acquirer affects the choice of the payment method. Based on the contingent-pricing effect of stock offer,...

We argue that CEOs have different attitudes toward the firm's stakeholders and that these differences in attitudes affect the firm's decision making. We hypothesize that these differences stem from differences in political ideology: Liberal CEOs, as compared to their conservative...