Investigating the impact of three types of state ownership on firms' dividend pay-out decisions for the first time, this study focuses on the differences in dividend pay-out behavior among various state ultimate owners. It has been found that the state enterprises supervised by lower level state...

In Eurasia, Turkey has a "crony" capitalist system with majority control and business groups (BGs) in the hands of a few families. These business groups are often organised around a holding company. We analyse the dividend payouts of family controlled Borsa Istanbul companies, which are...

We analyze detailed monthly data on U.S. open market stock repurchases (OMRs) that recently became available following stricter disclosure requirements. We find evidence that OMRs are timed to benefit non-selling shareholders. We present evidence that the profits to companies from timing...

This paper attempts to explain the effect of dividend payment and retained earnings on market price of share in the context of Nepalese companies. A majority of earlier studies conducted in USA mostly indicate that retained earning effect is more than the dividend effect given investment...

We examine how firms respond to uncertainty around U.S. tax policy changes, namely the individual level tax rate increases set to take effect on January 1, 2011 and January 1, 2013. We provide evidence that firms time the uncertainty in the tax environment and revise their dividend policy to an...

Prior literature shows that firms are less likely to pay dividends to preserve financial flexibility when facing greater competitive threats from rival firms in product markets. However, the real effects of dividend policy on product market outcomes are not widely understood. This paper...

The study is aimed at exploring the relationship between dividend payout and capital structure, and to explore the determinants of dividend policy and capital structure of manufacturing sector of Pakistan. Penal data ranging from 2006 to 2011 of selected 100 manufacturing firms of Pakistan is...

In this paper we try to better understand the adverse consequences of mandatory dividend rules. We identify two main reasons why firms may pay only the mandatory minimum dividend: financial constraints and private benefits. We also argue that the consequences of these rules for firms should...

We scrutinize the impact of dividend policy on stock price volatility by considering the seminal paper of Baskin (1989). In this context, we examine the relationship between volatility and three dividend policy indicators, dividend yield, dividend payout, and stock repurchases, for 1,221 firms...

This work investigates the role of equity ownership for the purpose of committing the management to the pursuit of shareholder value in the presence of separation between ownership and control. By rooting the conflicts of interests between managers and shareholders upon the control of internal...