Purpose: Managerial finance (MF) started publication in 1975 and celebrated its 45th anniversary in 2019. The purpose of this study is to provide a bibliometric analysis of MF between 1996 and 2019. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses the Scopus database to analyze the most frequent...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how financial literacy and demographic variables (gender, age, income level, education, occupation, marital status and investment experience) related to behavioral biases. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses one-way analysis of variance...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the dividend policy determinants of Sri Lankan firms and why they pay dividends. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses several quantitative approaches to investigate dividend determinants using market (secondary) data of 190 Sri Lankan...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a synthesis of the literature on the changing perspectives of corporate distribution policy. Design/methodology/approach – This paper synthesizes and interprets the theoretical, empirical and survey-based research on corporate payout policy....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to survey managers of dividend-paying firms listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in India to learn their views about the factors influencing dividend policy, dividend issues, and explanations for paying cash dividends and repurchasing shares. The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview and synthesis of some important literature on dividend policy, chronicle changing perspectives and trends, provide stylized facts, offer practical implications, and suggest avenues for future research. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how Moroccan institutional investors view dividend policy. It discusses the importance these investors attach to the dividend policy of their investee firms, how much influence they exercise in shaping investee firms’ dividend policies, their...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to survey managers of firms listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE) to learn their views about the factors influencing dividend policy, dividend issues, and explanations for paying dividends. It compares the results to similar dividend surveys in...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the working capital management (WCM) practices adopted by Indian firms listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Design/methodology/approach Using a questionnaire, the authors gather data from 110 financial managers and use various...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the opinions of managers of Indian firms on stock splits and bonus shares (stock dividends) and relate them to explanations for stock distributions identified in the prior literature. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use...