This paper studies the impact of the concentration of control, the type of controlling shareholder and the dividend tax … preference of the controlling shareholder on dividend policy for a panel of 220 German firms over 1984-2005. While the … concentration of control does not have an effect on the dividend payout, there is strong evidence that the type of controlling …

We examine the association between ownership structure and dividend payout policy in a family firms dominated economy …. More specifically, we test whether family firms pay higher dividend compared to counter non-family firms in Bangladesh. We … argue that family firms are more likely to pay higher dividend to display lower agency problems between controlling family …

impact of family control, institutional environment and their interaction on the cash dividend policy of listed companies …. Our results indicate that (1) family firms have a lower cash dividend payout ratio and propensity to pay dividends than … dividend payout ratio and propensity to pay dividends of listed companies; and (3) the impact of the regional institutional …

The article analyses inter-dependencies between dividend, capital structure, and cost of capital, factoring the … concentrated ownership. Dividend, leverage, and average cost of capital are inter-linked. However, family firms pay lower dividends …

few families. These business groups are often organised around a holding company. We analyse the dividend payouts of … the effects of several control-enhancing mechanisms (CEMs) on dividend payouts. We use precise quantitative proxies for … business group companies have lower dividend payouts as the divergence between control and ownership rights widens and the …

The study aims to evaluate the impact of board traits on the organizations' dividend pay-outratio. For the purpose … statistically significant effect on the dividend pay-outratio. On the same theme, board skills development has significant but … negative effect on the dividend pay-outratio. Nonetheless, the board gender diversity has a positive and insignificant effect …

simultaneous equations, we find a significant negative association between family ownership and dividend payout and a two …-way negative relation between dividend payout and leverage. Our analysis reveals that, compared to non-family firms, family firms … tend to maintain a lower dividend pay-out and higher leverage. The presence of large non-family ownership appears to have …