This study of stochastic trends in small open economies documents the nonnormal distribution, serial correlation, and nonstationarity of Caribbean exchange rates for the last two decades of the twentieth century. In addition, this study documents clear evidence of co-movement among Caribbean...

While the study of dividend policy in Japan has investigated the role of group affiliation, it has heretofore neglected the impact of the strength of group affiliation. Using the strength of group association, a new variable in the study of dividend policy, we document that the probability of...