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Do dividend policies signal corporate operating characteristics?

Raei, Reza; Moradi, Mahammad; Eskandar, Hoda - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 4, pp. 13-24

Dividend policy is one of controversial financial issues. There are various theories about dividend but in this study, the focus is on empirical test of signaling theory. This theory says that the payment of dividends provides information for investors and analysts. The aim of this study is...

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Do dividend announcements affect the stock prices in the Greek Stock Market?

Vazakidis, Athanasios; Athianos, Stergios - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 2, pp. 57-77

This paper examines the reaction of the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) to dividend announcements by a sample of firms listed at the FTSE/ATHEX 20 and FTSE/ATHEX Mid 40 for a fixed period 2004-2008. It also provides analytical information about the Greek Stock Market and the regulations underlying...

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Independent directors and the long-run performance of IPOs

Liao, Tsai-ling; Yu, Min-teh; Huang, Chih-jen - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 1 (2011) 4, pp. 137-161

The Securities and Futures Bureau (SFB) of Taiwan prescribes that firms applying for an initial listing after February 2002 must have at least two seats of independent directors (IDs) on the board. Under the SFB 2002 rules, this paper investigates the effect of such governance reforms in ID...

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Association between firm-specific characteristics and levels of disclosure of financial information of rural banks in the Ashanti region of Ghana

Agyei-Mensah, Ben A. - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 1, pp. 69-92

This study was conducted to investigate the influence of firm-specific characteristics which include firm size, profitability, debt equity ratio, liquidity and audit firm size on voluntary disclosure level of rural banks in the Ashanti region of Ghana. The research was conducted through detailed...

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Accounting conservatism, market liquidity and informativeness of asset price : implications on mark to market accounting

Luo, Guo Ying - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 3 (2013) 1, pp. 177-190

This paper theoretically examines the impact of conservatism on the asset price in an asset market allowing for … strategic interactions among traders. Due to the trades coming from conservatism traders contain less informational content, the … asset price is shown to be less informative in the presence of conservatism traders. In addition, this paper shows that the …

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Share repurchases as a form of payout for shareholders

Kowerski, Mieczysław - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 4, pp. 37-54

Share repurchase happens when a company repurchases its own shares for any purpose determined by the general meeting of shareholders, including their further sale. Share repurchase is like dividend payout a form of transferring profit to shareholders. However, contrary to dividends, it is quite...

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The impact of regulatory reform on stock repurchases : evidence from Japan

Teng, Min; Hachiya, Toyohiko - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 1 (2011) 3, pp. 158-187

This study investigates corporate reactions to the deregulation of stock repurchases that began on October 01, 2001, in Japan, by closely examining the motivations for stock repurchases, by which we study firms' usage of treasury stocks and identify the characteristics of firms that were more...

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Dividend payout policy, investment opportunity set and corporate financing in the industrial products sector of Malaysia

Ardestani, Hananeh Shahteimoori; Rasid, Siti Zaleha Abdul; … - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 3 (2013) 1, pp. 123-136

There are various factors that influence dividend payout policy of corporations; investment opportunity set and corporate financing are among the important ones. Numerous studies have been conducted on the topic of payout policy but less attention is paid on developing countries. In this paper...

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The determinants of the dividend size in Croatia

Antonija, Kozul; Mihalina, Emil - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 4 (2013) 2, pp. 143-151

Previous researches identified certain micro-level characteristics of the company as important determinants of dividend level company choose. However, significant differences were noticed in the sensitivity of dividend size on same factors among different countries. This paper empirically...

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Factoring perspective : Croatia vs European Union

Baresa, Suzana; Bogdan, Sinisa; Ivanovic, Zoran - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 3 (2012) 2, pp. 141-166

This paper points out the problems of liquidity, disposal and obtaining funds, inability to collect receivables, delayed payments in times of economic and financial instability and dynamic business upheavals and uncertainty. As a contribution to resolve these issues new alternative methods of...

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