Studies to current day that examined dropout factors at higher education institutions has inclined to emphasis on groups of factors which may or may not influence college dropout. Also such studies are mainly focused on one-institution. This study expands the current literature and developed a...

Research to date which has analyzed attrition at universities and community colleges has tended to focus on clusters of factors which may or may not impact attrition. This paper extends the current literature and develops a model to evaluate attrition. Three core groups of factors which impact...

Literature suggests that dividend has no impact on shareholders value in the absence of taxes and market imperfections. Hence, companies invest excess funds in positive net present value projects instead of paying out as dividends. Literature also suggests that market valuation of stocks depends...