We study the impact of different regulatory contracts of electricity companies on their dividend policy. Using a panel … of 106 publicly traded European electric utilities in the period 1986-2011 we link dividend pay-out and smoothing ratios … target payout ratios; thus suggesting that incentive regulation leads firms to a dividend policy more responsive to earnings …

aftermath of the Southeast Asian crisis, the limitation of the liberal capital regime for a developing country like India is … often highlighted in the literature. However, the probable impact of introducing KAC on CAB in India generally is discussed … theoretically. Though some of the existing studies in India have earlier focused on this research question, they have done so by …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the progress in socioeconomic conditions across the major states of India by …

buying locally made materials and intermediate goods it creates a good environment for the locally produced goods. For China … Financial Openness of China is showing mixed result, it increased until mid-1990s and it is showing the declining trend. In case … of India, the picture is so complex. The Competitiveness of manufacturing sector and Financial Openness are showing the …