-standing 2002 dividend payers would have cash holdings of $1.8 trillion (51% of total assets), up from $160 billion (6% of assets …), and $1.2 trillion in excess of their collective $600 billion in long-term debt. Their dividend payments prevented … total equity or total assets,controlling for firm size, profitability, growth, leverage, cash balances, and dividend history …

The research is aimed to explore Dividend, Investment & leverage policy based on agency thoeory at manufacturing … level. Investment however has positive effect on the leverage level. Whereas Dividend has a negative impact on company …’s investment. Dividend gave a positive effect on leverage level and it capable to mediate the investment’s effect towards agency …