This research investigates the relationship between value and dividend policy in a bank, based on relevant empirical literature developed during the last twenty years. The approach of meta-analysis employed here allows studies to be grouped and analyzed according to precise research questions...

We investigate the role of CEO power and government monitoring on bank dividend policy for a sample of 109 European listed banks for the period 2005-2013. We employ three main proxies for CEO power: CEO ownership, CEO tenure, and unforced CEO turnover. We show that CEO power has a negative...