Download or read book Determinants Of Corporate Dividend Policy written by R.P. Mahapatra Et Al. and published by . This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dividend Policy Is A Key Decision Area In The Field Of Financial Management. It Is Not Clearly Understood By A Large Segment Of The Financial Community Even Today. There Is A Misconception That Dividend Policy Is A Straight Forward And Simple Aspect Of Finance As Compared With The More Technical Areas Such As Taxation, Liquidity Management And Cost Accounting. However, Dividend Policy Decision Is A Complex One Having Numerous Implications For The Firm. It Has Both Micro As Well As Macro Significance. In Spite Of Such A Dual Importance Of This Problem, Its Theoretical Determinants Are Less Well As Macro Significance. In Spite Of Such A Dual Importance Of This Problem, Its Theoretical Determinants Are Less Well Established And This Is An Area In Which Very Little Research Has Been Done In Our Country.In The Above Back Drop The Present Work Has Broadly Been Split Into Two Parts. The First Part Deals With The Review Of The Theoretical Literature And The Legal Aspects Of Dividend Policy. The Second Part Is Concerned With The Empirical Analysis Of Corporate Dividend Behaviour Of Sample Companies Selected For This Purpose. The Analysis Of The Trend Of Corporate Dividend Behaviour Reflected In This Book Has Been Studied By Examining The Profit And Dividend Relationships And The Dividend Pay Out Ratios Of The Sample Companies. However, To Enquire Into The Determinants Of Dividend Policy Some Known Regression Models Have Been Extensively Used In The Study To Gauge Their Relative Ability To Explain The Dividend Policy Decisions In The Indian Situation. This Has Been Carried Out By Picking A Judgment Sample Of 90 Companies With Reference To Six Selected Industries Belonging To Both The Traditional And Non-Traditional Sector Of Our Economy. It Is Believed That The Findings Of The Stuffy In Expected To Be Of Great Use To The Teachers, Researchers And Students Of Economics, Commerce And Management To Management Personnel Of Various Financial Institutions And Industrial Corporation, And To The Investing Public At Large.

Download or read book Determinants of Corporate Dividend Policy written by H. Kent Baker and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Corporate Payout Policy written by Harry DeAngelo and published by Now Publishers Inc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate Payout Policy synthesizes the academic research on payout policy and explains "how much, when, and how". That is (i) the overall value of payouts over the life of the enterprise, (ii) the time profile of a firm's payouts across periods, and (iii) the form of those payouts. The authors conclude that today's theory does a good job of explaining the general features of corporate payout policies, but some important gaps remain. So while our emphasis is to clarify "what we know" about payout policy, the authors also identify a number of interesting unresolved questions for future research. Corporate Payout Policy discusses potential influences on corporate payout policy including managerial use of payouts to signal future earnings to outside investors, individuals' behavioral biases that lead to sentiment-based demands for distributions, the desire of large block stockholders to maintain corporate control, and personal tax incentives to defer payouts. The authors highlight four important "carry-away" points: the literature's focus on whether repurchases will (or should) drive out dividends is misplaced because it implicitly assumes that a single payout vehicle is optimal; extant empirical evidence is strongly incompatible with the notion that the primary purpose of dividends is to signal managers' views of future earnings to outside investors; over-confidence on the part of managers is potentially a first-order determinant of payout policy because it induces them to over-retain resources to invest in dubious projects and so behavioral biases may, in fact, turn out to be more important than agency costs in explaining why investors pressure firms to accelerate payouts; the influence of controlling stockholders on payout policy --- particularly in non-U.S. firms, where controlling stockholders are common --- is a promising area for future research. Corporate Payout Policy is required reading for both researchers and practitioners interested in understanding this central topic in corporate finance and governance.

Download or read book Access to Financial Services in Nepal written by Aurora Ferrari and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication presents the results of an access to financial services survey administered to Nepali households in 2005 and explains what hinders access by low income households and small businesses to financial institutions. The obstacles are identified on the basis of an in-depth analysis of the performance of the microfinance sector and of selected banks.

Download or read book Dividend Policy written by George Frankfurter and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2003-06-24 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dividend Policy provides a comprehensive study of dividend policy. It explores the puzzle presented by dividends: irrational and subject to fashion, yet popular and desirable, they remain a priority among managers, even while perceived as largely symbolic. After exploring the history of dividend payments, from the emergence of the modern corporation to current perspectives, it traces the evolution of academic models on dividend policy. Here the authors review models of symmetric and asymmetric information before analyzing academia's accomplishments in solving the dividend puzzle. Related subjects, such as valuation and wealth distribution, round out the authors' presentation about new ways to think about one of the most intriguing subjects in financial economics. The book is recommended for professors and students in departments of finance and business, corporate finance staff, and financial regulators. The only comprehensive study of dividend policy Covers the historical evolution of dividends and academic research on dividend policy Presents new ways of thinking about dividends and dividend policy

Download or read book Dividends and Dividend Policy written by H. Kent Baker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-05-04 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dividends And Dividend Policy As part of the Robert W. Kolb Series in Finance, Dividends and Dividend Policy aims to be the essential guide to dividends and their impact on shareholder value. Issues concerning dividends and dividend policy have always posed challenges to both academics and professionals. While all the pieces to the dividend puzzle may not be in place yet, the information found here can help you gain a firm understanding of this dynamic discipline. Comprising twenty-eight chapters—contributed by both top academics and financial experts in the field—this well-rounded resource discusses everything from corporate dividend decisions to the role behavioral finance plays in dividend policy. Along the way, you'll gain valuable insights into the history, trends, and determinants of dividends and dividend policy, and discover the different approaches firms are taking when it comes to dividends. Whether you're a seasoned financial professional or just beginning your journey in the world of finance, having a firm understanding of the issues surrounding dividends and dividend policy is now more important than ever. With this book as your guide, you'll be prepared to make the most informed dividend-related decisions possible—even in the most challenging economic conditions. The Robert W. Kolb Series in Finance is an unparalleled source of information dedicated to the most important issues in modern finance. Each book focuses on a specific topic in the field of finance and contains contributed chapters from both respected academics and experienced financial professionals.

Download or read book Dividend Policy and Corporate Governance written by Luis Correia da Silva and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2004-02-26 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dividends are not only a signal about a firm's prospects under asymmetric information, but they can also act as a corporate governance device to align the management's interests with those of the shareholders. Dividend Policy and Corporate Governance is the first comprehensive volume on the relationship between dividend policy and corporate governance, and examines in detail empirical studies and current theories. Reviewing the interactions between dividend policy and other corporate governance mechanisms, it compares results for the UK and the US with those for other countries such as France, Germany, and Japan, and provides new empirical evidence on corporate governance in continental Europe and its impact on dividends. Focusing on one of the main representatives of this system, Germany, it highlights major differences between the dividend policies of German firms and those of UK or US firms. Conventional wisdom states that German dividends are lower than UK or US dividends, yet on a published-profits basis the exact converse is true. In addition, the authors demonstrate a link between corporate control structures and dividend payouts, report evidence that the existence of a loss is an additional determinant of dividend changes, and demonstrate that the tax status of the controlling shareholder and the firm's dividend payout are not linked. The conclusions reached in this book have important implications for the current debate on corporate governance, making it invaluable for academics, finance professionals, regulators, and legal advisors.

Download or read book Determinants of Corporate Dividend Policy written by Sri Winarni and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dividend Policy and Behavior in Emerging Markets written by Jack D. Glen and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Payout Policy written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dividend policy continues to be among the premier unsolved puzzles in finance. A number of theories have been advanced to explain dividend policy. This e-book briefly reviews the principal theories of payout policy and dividend policy and summarizes the empirical evidence on these theories. Empirical evidence is equivocal and the search for new explanation for dividends continues.

Download or read book The Structure of Ownership and Cash Flows as Determinants of Corporate Dividend Policy written by Sarfaraz Bhutto and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dividend Policy is among the widely addressed topics in modern financial literature. The inconclusiveness of the theories on importance of dividend in determining firm's value has made it one of the most debatable topics for the researchers (see for example, Ramcharan, 2010; Frankfurter et.al 2011; Al-Malkawi, 2014).The present study investigates the impact of firm specific characteristics on corporate dividend behavior in emerging economy of Pakistan. Three years data (2012-2015) of 100 companies listed at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) has been analyzed using Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression. The results show that managerial and individual ownership, cash flow sensitivity, size and leverage are negatively whereas, operating cash-flow and profitability are positively related to cash dividend. Managerial ownership, individual ownership, operating cash flow and size are the most significant determinants of dividend behavior whereas, leverage and cash flow sensitivity do not contribute significantly in determining the level of corporate dividend payment in the firms studied in our sample. Estimated results are robust to alternative proxy of dividend behavior i.e. dividend intensity.

Download or read book Determinants of Corporate Dividend Policy in India A Study of Listed IT Companies at BSE written by Raj Kumar and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dividend policy is widely researched topic in finance but still it remains a debatable issue to decide what factors determine equity dividend. This study is an attempt to empirically analyze the determinants of equity dividend of Indian Information Technology Sector. For this purpose, various key factors affecting equity dividend such as net profit after tax, lagged equity dividend, cash flow, depreciation charged, lagged net profit after tax and change in sale over the preceding two years are taken into account. A sample of ten IT companies listed at Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has been selected using convenience sampling for the period of five years i.e. 2007 to 2011. The empirical evidence from this study reveals that net profit after tax, cash flow and amount of depreciation charged have significant impact on the equity dividend and also good predictors of equity dividend in IT sector.

Download or read book Signaling Effects and Determinants of Corporate Dividend Policy in Iran and Saudi Arabia written by Asadi Abdorreza and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Corporate Capital Structures in the United States written by Benjamin M. Friedman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research reported in this volume represents the second stage of a wide-ranging National Bureau of Economic Research effort to investigate "The Changing Role of Debt and Equity in Financing U.S. Capital Formation." The first group of studies sponsored under this project, which have been published individually and summarized in a 1982 volume bearing the same title (Friedman 1982), addressed several key issues relevant to corporate sector behavior along with such other aspects of the evolving financial underpinnings of U.S. capital formation as household saving incentives, international capital flows, and government debt management. In the project's second series of studies, presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research conference in January 1983 and published here for the first time along with commentaries from that conference, the central focus is the financial side of capital formation undertaken by the U.S. corporate business sector. At the same time, because corporations' securities must be held, a parallel focus is on the behavior of the markets that price these claims.

Download or read book The Determinants of Corporate Leverage and Dividend Policies written by Michael J. Barclay and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dividend Policy and Stock Price Volatility written by David E. Allen and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Corporate Dividend Policy written by John A. Brittain and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: