Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between good corporate governance and dividend payment in the regulated insurance industry. Design/methodology/approach – A modification of Rozeff's transaction cost/agency cost trade-off model was estimated on a sample of 55...

Purpose –This study sets out to focus on the identification of determinants of real estate limited partnership (REIT) capital structure from a market perspective. Design/methodology/approach -This study uses ordinary least squares regression to test whether REIT capital structure is impacted...

This study addresses the relationship between cash-out and cash-in mortgage refinancings and the stock market. Liquefying home equity is the major reason for the cash-out refinancings, whereas the cash-in refinancings are primarily for an earlier mortgage payoff. This study analyses responses of...