Numerous studies analyze the impact of ownership concentration and shareholder identity on dividend payout probabilities. In this paper, we seek to provide additional information about the importance different ownership proxies have for dividend payments. Because the importance of those proxies...

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...

We analyze detailed monthly data on U.S. open market stock repurchases (OMRs) that recently became available following stricter disclosure requirements. We find evidence that OMRs are timed to benefit non-selling shareholders. We present evidence that the profits to companies from timing...

The study is aimed at exploring the relationship between dividend payout and capital structure, and to explore the determinants of dividend policy and capital structure of manufacturing sector of Pakistan. Penal data ranging from 2006 to 2011 of selected 100 manufacturing firms of Pakistan is...

This research paper examines the corporate dividend payout behaviours of non-financial firms from Istanbul Stock Exchange (Borsa Istanbul). Survey method is conducted to investigate managerial views on corporate dividend policy. The study investigates whether the evidence in Turkish stock market...

Purpose: Zimbabwe experienced hyperinflation (2000-2008) followed by dollarization from 2009 onwards which had implications on dividend policy. In this context, this study isolates the main determinants and examines their behaviour across the distribution of dividend policy....

Purpose: Zimbabwe experienced hyperinflation (2000-2008) followed by dollarization from 2009 onwards which had implications on dividend policy. In this context, this study isolates the main determinants and examines their behaviour across the distribution of dividend policy....

This study examines the behavior of firms in Indonesia in relation to the life-cycle and catering theories under the assumption that investors expect optimum returns on stock investments through dividends, capital gains, or both. To this end, we examine 212 firms listed on the Indonesia Stock...

Prior literature shows that firms are less likely to pay dividends to preserve financial flexibility when facing greater competitive threats from rival firms in product markets. However, the real effects of dividend policy on product market outcomes are not widely understood. This paper...

We scrutinize the impact of dividend policy on stock price volatility by considering the seminal paper of Baskin (1989). In this context, we examine the relationship between volatility and three dividend policy indicators, dividend yield, dividend payout, and stock repurchases, for 1,221 firms...