examining the moderating roles of additional blockholders, dividends, foreign ownership types in determining the effect of …. These findings highlighted the important role of additional blockholders, dividends, foreign ownership types as moderating …

assumption that investors expect optimum returns on stock investments through dividends, capital gains, or both. To this end, we … find that mature Indonesian firms pay higher dividends as they are larger and more profitable, with more free cash and … insignificant growth opportunities. Conversely, growing Indonesian firms with significant future opportunities pay lower dividends …

concentrated ownership. Dividend, leverage, and average cost of capital are inter-linked. However, family firms pay lower dividends …

reveal that, in Pakistan, dividends are an Outcome of governance practices. As the quality of firm-level governance improves …, shareholders are provided with the legal strength to ultimately force firm managers to pay dividends. Along with the agency problem …

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 …

were tested and the results show that the higher the financial lever- age, the lower is the propensity to pay dividends … lead to lower cash flows for Indian firms. Firms with higher liquidity tend to pay more dividends. Profitable firms tend to …