This paper investigates the relationship between mutual funds' holdings and listed firms' dividend policies in China … dividend rates. This maybe due to that a large stock dividend payment will have a negative impact on some key financial ratios …

-run mean of the aggregate dividend-price ratio, most notably since the 1970s. Adjusting the dividend–price ratio for such … changes resolves several issues with respect to the predictability of stock market returns: The adjusted dividend-price ratio …

acquisitions to determine how relative the existing dividend policy of the acquirer affects the choice of the payment method. Based … pre-merger dividend policy of the acquirer since the information content of dividends can alleviate adverse selection … listed targets when the acquirer is a dividend payer. Our findings indicate that acquirer dividend level is a determinant of …

This paper aims at investigating the factors affecting the dividend policy of companies listed in Saudi stock exchange …'s dividend may have a significant positive effect on dividend payment ratio, while leverage and investment opportunities may have …, age, and previous year's dividend on the dividend decision. Regarding the financial companies, using linear regression …

This study was set out to investigate the influence of dividend payments on stock prices in an inflationary environment …. The study also aimed at establishing the rational for and against dividend payments during periods of marked inflation … rates, the forms of dividends and the dividend policies pursued by firms in inflationary environments. Dividend paying firms …

Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of financial leverage on dividend policy of listed companies on CSE in … Sri Lanka. To measure the impact of financial leverage on dividend policy extended model of Linter (1956) was used. The … previous year's dividend yield and change in earnings are as its independent variables. The dividend per share is the dependent …

financing to show a history of dividend payment. Using a sample of listed Chinese firms, we investigate the likelihood of paying … dividends, different forms of dividends and market reactions to various dividend announcements. We find that profitable, low … to investor demands in setting dividend policy; hence firms with a large proportion of non-tradable shares are more …

We examine the association between board gender diversity and corporate dividend payout. Our results suggest that … although board gender diversity impacts positively on dividend payments, this is only conspicuous in widely held firms. However …, when ownership concentration is high, board gender diversity reduces dividend payments. We demonstrate that women directors …

This paper investigates whether corporate governance has an impact on dividend policy in Australian listed firms. The … empirical studies of corporate governance and dividend policy in the Australian context tend to have a limited scope and the … between dividend policy and corporate governance mechanisms. Using a sample of 1,438 firm-year observations for the period of …

This study assessed the effect of financial leverage on dividend policy on conglomerates listed on the floor of the … debt and total debt) has statistically significant effect on dividend policy of quoted conglomerates in Nigeria at 5 …