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What drives the disappearing dividends phenomenon?
Kuo, Jing-Ming; Philip, Dennis; Zhang, Qingjing - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (2013) 9, pp. 3499-3514
We study the determinants of dividend payout policy and examine the role of liquidity, risk and catering in explaining … the changes in propensity to pay. Our results indicate that risk plays a major role in firms’ dividend policy. The … firms in the US, France, UK and Other European markets, liquidity is additionally an important determinant of dividend …
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Reporting and Recording Post-2012 GHG Mitigation Commitments, Actions and Support
Ellis, Jane; Moarif, Sara; Kim, Joy Aeree - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2009
The Bali Action Plan (BAP) indicated the importance of “measurable, reportable and verifiable” (MRV) greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation actions and commitments, as well as support for GHG mitigation actions, in the post-2012 climate framework. Negotiations underway for this framework have...
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National and Sectoral GHG Mitigation Potential: A Comparison Across Models
Clapp, Christa; Karousakis, Katia; Buchner, Barbara; … - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2009
Determining comparability of effort between mitigation actions and targets proposed by different countries is an ongoing issue for international climate negotiations. A number of indicators have been proposed to reflect comparability of effort and differences in national circumstances; key...
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Monitoring and Tracking Long-Term Finance to Support Climate Action
Buchner, Barbara; Brown, Jessica; Corfee-Morlot, Jan - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2011
The Cancún Agreements formalise a collective commitment by developed countries to provide new and additional funding for action on climate change in developing countries both in the short- and longer-term. This collective financial commitment requires a system to measure, report and verify...
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Financing Climate Change Mitigation: Towards a Framework for Measurement, Reporting and Verification
Corfee-Morlot, Jan; Guay, Bruno; Larsen, Kate - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2009
The current monitoring, reporting and review framework under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has a number of strengths and weaknesses. Weaknesses include inconsistent and/or incomplete self reporting of financial support; infrequent reporting; limited and incomplete...
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Tracking Climate Finance: What and How?
Clapp, Christa; Ellis, Jane; Benn, Julia; Corfee-Morlot, Jan - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2012
Developed countries have committed under the international negotiations to jointly mobilising USD 100 billion per year by 2020 for climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. Yet consistent and comprehensive data to track this commitment are currently lacking. Such data...
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GHG Mitigation Actions: MRV Issues and Options
Ellis, Jane; Moarif, Sara - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2009
The Bali Action Plan (BAP) language on “measurable, reportable and verifiable” (MRV) greenhouse gas mitigation actions and commitments for a post-2012 climate framework was introduced to apply both to developed countries’ greenhouse gas (GHG) commitments and actions (paragraph 1(b)(i) of...
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Gouvernance familiale et politique de distribution aux actionnaires
Charlier, Patrice; Duboys, Céline - In: Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie 14 (2011) 1, pp. 5-31
(VF)L’objectif de cette étude est d’analyser la relation entre les politiques de distribution des entreprises familiales cotées et deux grands types de conflits d’agence dans les entreprises familiales, entre actionnaires et dirigeant (type I), et entre actionnaires majoritaires et...
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A new climate policy framework for post 2012
Selke, Jan-Welf; Brandt, Hubertus - In: CESifo Forum 9 (2008) 1, pp. 35-38
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Burden Sharing in Climate Change Policy
Sandmo, Agnar - In: CESifo DICE Report 5 (2007) 4, pp. 3-7
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