that is often called the financialisation of capitalism. By developing a two-sector theoretical model the ratio of …, while it depends negatively on the general rate of profit, the non-interest expenses of banks, and the ratio of the capital … significant role. The results confirm that in the course of financialisation the US financial sector has been able to extract …

. Distributions to the company shareholders in the form of cash dividends and share repurchases totaled $122 billion over this period …

dividends. We show both theoretically and empirically that dividends signal safer, rather than higher, future profits. Using the … model's predictions, cash-flow volatility changes in the opposite direction from that of dividend changes and larger changes … supports the prediction - unique to our model - that the cost of the signal is foregone investment opportunities. We conclude …

2010-2012, resulting in banks generating more revenue from trading activities and fees. Aggregate dividends are still equal … average profit margins have increased back to their pre-crisis levels. Banks hold an average capital/assets ratio of 11 …

profitability performance. Meanwhile, there is high significant of return on investment on the dividend payout of the firms. It was …The article examined the influence of profitability performance on dividend payout of insurance firms in Nigeria for … duration of five years 2010–2014 using multiple regression. The study used dividend payout as a dependent variable which is …