Purpose: The purpose of the study is to analyze motivation behind payment of cash dividend by the firms in India in presence of tax provision that discourages payment of dividend by imposing tax on firms at the time of distribution.Design/methodology/approach First, consistent with Jensen's...

Purpose – Based on the agency theory, the purpose of this paper is to theoretically argue and empirically investigate how ownership structure impacts the capital structure of the listed mid-cap companies in India and whether the capital structure as exogenous variable has a role in determining...

Purpose – Based on the agency theory, the purpose of this paper is to theoretically argue and empirically investigate how ownership structure impacts the capital structure of the listed mid‐cap companies in India and whether the capital structure as exogenous variable has a role in...