This paper examines whether long-term foreign investors may force firms to use a costly dividend to mitigate … make dividend more often in the subsequent years. The authors also find that foreign investors with long-term investments …

Many large U.S. bank holding companies (BHCs) continued to pay dividends during the recent financial crisis, even as … dividend payments alone. The paper also examines the role that repurchases played in large BHCs' decisions to reduce or …-crisis repurchases and the size of dividend reductions for these institutions. …

Many large U.S. bank holding companies (BHCs) continued to pay dividends during the recent financial crisis, even as … dividend payments alone. The paper also examines the role that repurchases played in large BHCs' decisions to reduce or …-crisis repurchases and the size of dividend reductions for these institutions …