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Product Market Competition, Regulation and Dividend Payout Policy of Malaysian Banks
Ameer, Rashid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
research provides a clear link between banks' portfolio choice and earnings that have implications for the dividends in the … interest and non-interest based banking products. We find that the decision to increase dividends is significantly related to … earnings, and the decision to cut dividend is significantly related to the changes in the non-performing loans, corporate and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621753
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Cross-border Identity in Building a Regional Brand: the Northern Transylvania Region
Soproni, Luminita - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Northern Transylvania region is looking now for a cross-border identity, trying to raise awareness among the population about belonging to this region and to inform foreign investors about the best investment opportunities. The cross-border dimension represents one of the main points of this...
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Board size and corporate risk-taking: Further evidence from Japan
Nakano, Makoto; Nguyen, Pascal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Evidence based on US firms suggests that large boards restrain risk taking. We investigate whether a similar effect exists in Japan. Our results confirm that firms with larger boards exhibit lower performance variability relative to firms with smaller boards. However, this effect is less...
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Investment appraisal techniques and constraints on capital investment
Hunjra, Ahmed Imran; Batool, Iram; Niazi, Ghulam … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The objective of this study is to determine the level of application and perception of finance executives and analysts regarding the investment appraisal techniques in Pakistani corporate sector in the light of theory. This study also investigates the major constraints on capital investment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113625
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R&D Intensity and Financing Decisions: Evidence from European Firms
ELKEMALI, Taoufik; BEN REJEB, Aymen; MATOUSSI, Hamadi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper examines whether research and development (R&D) intensity affects the firm’s financing decisions. We use a sample of European firms in the period 2002-2011. We argue that R&D asset has three fundamentals characteristics that make it different from ordinary investment and constrain...
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How do Firm Characteristics Affect Capital Structure? Some UK Evidence.
Akdal, Sinan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study aims to determine the influence of various firm level characteristics such as, profitability, size, growth opportunities, asset tangibility, non-debt tax shield, volatility and liquidity on capital structure. Employing the cross-sectional data methodology, the researcher examines the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008866159
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How do Firm Characteristics Affect Capital Structure? Some UK Evidence..
Akdal, Sinan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study aims to determine the influence of various firm level characteristics such as, profitability, size, growth opportunities, asset tangibility, non-debt tax shield, volatility and liquidity on capital structure. Employing the cross-sectional data methodology, the researcher examines the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008871196
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Dividend Signaling and Unions
Arturo, Ramirez Verdugo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
Dividend signaling models suggest that dividends are used to convey information about future earnings to investors … level unionization, I found that the power of dividends as predictors of future earnings tends to be higher for non … the union capturing these future earnings through higher salaries. Using information from IRS 5500 Forms to measure firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836430
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The long-run behavior of the S&P Composite Price Index and its risk premium
Cohen, Ruben D - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
first observing the behaviours of the S&P Composite price index, earnings and dividends over roughly 130 years of history …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836431
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Interrelationship between taxes, capital structure decisions and value of the firm: A panel data study on Indian manufacturing firms
Sinha, Pankaj; Bansal, Vishakha - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Since the development of efficient proxies for taxes, many researchers have proved the existence of impact of tax on financing decisions. The ultimate aim of each business decision is to enhance the value of the firm; hence it is important to study the tax implications of financing decisions on...
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