We find that firms that regularly access public debt (bond) markets are more likely to pay a dividend and subsequently follow a dividend smoothing policy than firms that rely exclusively on private (bank) debt. In particular, firms with bond ratings follow a traditional Lintner (1956) style...

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to investigate how and why a firm’s product market power affects its dividend policy. Design/methodology/approach -This paper uses three measures of market power? The degree of import competition, Herfindahl-Hirschman index, and Lerner Index? To examine...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the evolution of the Canadian financial environment since the stock market “crash” of 1987. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a chronological account of significant events in the Canadian economic environment and capital...

Although recent research has led to a deeper understanding of the factors determining yields on long-term Canada bonds, there has been little corresponding work on provincial bonds. By using a carefully constructed new data set, we establish two important results. First, provincial fiscal...

"This paper examines three different methods of valuing companies and projects: the adjusted present value (APV), capital cash flows (CCF) and weighted average cost of capital (WACC) methods. It develops the appropriate WACC and beta leveraging formulae appropriate for each valuation model, so...

This article examines three alternative ways of estimating the expected return on the equity market in using the CAPM or some other risk premium model. The three techniques are (1) direct estimation of the average nominal equity return for use as a forecast nominal equity return; (2) estimation...

This article uses the Gordon growth model with a novel method for forecasting dividend growth rates to estimate the equity cost and associated risk premium for a sample of Canadian telecommunications companies. The results suggest that the Telco risk premium has declined significantly since the...