The present study primarily examines the impact of financial distress (FD) on the dividend policy of 33 banks working … dividend policy under the influence of shareholder activism (SHA). Using the static panel data regression technique, it is … revealed that financial distress is non-linearly associated with the dividend policy of banks in an inverted U-shape. In the …

few families. These business groups are often organised around a holding company. We analyse the dividend payouts of … the effects of several control-enhancing mechanisms (CEMs) on dividend payouts. We use precise quantitative proxies for … business group companies have lower dividend payouts as the divergence between control and ownership rights widens and the …

This study compares firms’ dividend policy antecedents in four countries. The author surveys managers of 230 companies … from the USA, Canada, and Norway. The main antecedents of dividend policy in these countries are the level of current … little importance for Polish managers, as the history of dividend payouts in Polish-listed companies is brief. The …