This article examines the propensity to pay dividends in the U.S banking sector during 1973-2014. Although the … propensity to pay dividends has been declining over the 52 years of our sample period, banks are consistently more likely to pay … dividends than non-financial firms. Using the coefficients from logit models estimated early in the sample period to forecast …

Relying on a US bank sample, we document the double-edged sword of dividends on the bank's riskiness. Paying dividends …-payers, consistent with the Dividend-Stability Channel. However, among banks that pay dividends, excessive dividends makes them riskier …

dividends. No evidence is found to support that family ownership and state ownership have an impact on dividend yield. Hence … to pay dividends. The results also indicate that Jordanian listed firms have highly concentrated ownership structures and …