Through a temporal-spatial analysis over 1971 through 2007 for India, we attempt to study what kind of firms omit cash dividend, and how the cash dividend payers and non-payers over the size and sign of earnings heterogeneity differ in respect of their different financial characteristics and...

The paper attempts to improve the prediction and measurement of regional export by revisiting the role of firm demographics and inter-firm export performance. Firm characteristics as potential predictors of export performance are focused while premising our propositions on constructs from...

Using contemporary models this paper explores the time-series properties of financial infrastructure and economic growth indicators to investigate the nexus between developments in financial intermediation with the economic growth for India over the 1971-2004 periods. Both over short-run and the...

The outcomes of WTO negotiations under the Doha round, Hong Kong development round and the changing European Union regulations are likely to place new hurdles on the marine exports emerging from developing economies like India. In the light of the above, we attempt to discuss the impact of...

This paper reviews the trends in Indian Agriculture before and after the introduction of the economic reforms, and the advent of WTO regime. We employ the Cobb Douglas Production Function using the OLS specification to investigate the determinants of agricultural gross domestic product for the...

We investigate the nexus between developments in financial intermediation with the growth in capital market activity and implications for the retail investors in India, over the post-liberalization period ranging 1993-2004. The estimations using unrestricted VAR based on error correction models,...

This paper improves on earlier research on the determinants of Payout policies by using a more advanced empirical estimation, a larger Indian representative sample of panel data (PD) controlling for economic reform effect and by using alternate proxies for a longer time window 1971-2007. To deal...

Job satisfaction has been defined as a pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job; an affective reaction to one’s job; and an attitude towards one’s job distinguishing a good (satisfying) job from a bad (not so satisfying) job. The taxonomy of a good job allows a...

The paper attempts to analyze the fairly large primary data (N=232) gathered from responses to 57 statements on ethical issues in accounting disclosure practices and governance administered on accountants including professionals, and accounting educators as well. Seven different factors emerging...

The cross-sectional trends in dividends are investigated at an aggregate level of ownership (i.e. closely/largely held and regulated firms), and at disaggregate level across 20 industries to examine how Indian Private Corporate Sector appropriated its profits over 1961-2007 periods....