This paper examines the response of private firms and their shareholders to a dividend tax increase, which affects only a small group of shareholders. Using an exogenous shock in Germany, my results suggest that firms do not adjust their payout policy but corporate minority shareholders, the...

This paper studies the payout policy of Italian firms controlled by large majority shareholders (controlled firms). The paper reports that a firm's share of dividends in total payout (dividends plus repurchases) is negatively related to the size of the cash flow stake of the firm's controlling...

In this article, we investigate the possible association between the firm's ownership structure and dividend policy and whether the corporate governance (CG) practices adopted by the firm have any impact on dividend policy. In India the presence of family-run firms, with concentrated ownership,...

This paper examines the relationship between common ownership and firm dividend policy. Using a detailed dataset from Sweden on investors' holdings, we find that dividend policies of firms newly added to an investor's portfolio evolve towards the dividend policies of the existing firms in this...

We investigate how a firm's decision to hold excessive cash or to over-invest could influence its dividend payout policy in Indonesia. Additionally, we examine the association between corporate ownership structure and cash dividends. Using a data set of Indonesian listed firms for the period...

This study investigates the impact of ownership structure on dividend policies of listed companies in the Shanghai Stock Exchange over the period 2007-2011. The results show that firms with higher ownership by the largest shareholder, ownership concentration, and government ownership are more...

Using data on listed banks in 51 countries, we analyze whether banks' dividend payouts are influenced by the relative strengths of the agency conflicts faced by their shareholders and creditors. We show that dividend policy depends on the relative strengths of these agency conflicts, but with a...

Using data on listed bankes in 51 countries, we analyze whether banks' dividend payouts are influenced by the relative strengths of the agency conflicts faced by their shareholders and creditors. We show that dividend policy depends on the relative strengths of these agency conflicts, but with a...

We examine the roles of dividends and leverage to mitigate agency problems within family firms in Indonesia. Using simultaneous equations, we find a significant negative association between family ownership and dividend payout and a two-way negative relation between dividend payout and leverage....

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...