(noncontrolling shareholders) and bank creditors (e.g. depositors or debt-holders) on bank dividend payout policies using a panel data … to examine the impact of legal protection of shareholders and creditors on bank dividend payout amounts. And, logit panel …Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of legal protection of bank minority shareholders …

suggesting a default template of rules. Ultimately, the matter of protection was one for the corporation and its shareholders …

suggesting a default template of rules. Ultimately, the matter of protection was one for the corporation and its shareholders …

shareholder protections are less likely to have the entrenchment of the controlling shareholders, while minority shareholders in …

This paper analyzes the relationship between ownership structure (shareholders' stake and identity) and corporate risk … also find a trend to the alignment of interests between the largest shareholder and the other large shareholders, so that …

, we find that family control is negatively related to the dividend payout ratio. Family firms are less (more) likely to … increase (omit) dividends than non-family firms. These negative associations between family firms and dividend policy are more …

We investigate dividend smoothing behaviors of approximately 6,000 firms from 28 countries. The data find a wide … variation in the extent of dividend smoothing across countries, while US firms smooth dividends the most. Firms with a … concentrated ownership structure adjust their dividends quickly, especially when the target dividend level is lower than dividends …

We investigate the dividend smoothing behavior of firms using a large sample of firms covering 28 countries. Our … results show that the levels of dividend smoothing in the firms vary substantially across countries. This finding confirms and … extends the findings of previous research that the dividend policy of the U.S. firms differs materially from the dividend …