Background: Dividend payout is one of the most debated contemporary corporate finance issues. No universal theoretical … model describes the factors that corporate managers consider in dividend payout decisions. This study extends previous South … African empirical research on dividend payout trends and motivations for Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)-listed industrial …

We study the importance of owner wages and dividends as alternative payout channels in privately held firms. Using data … on all Swedish closely held corporations and their owner-managers over the period 2000 - 2009, we find that dividends … comprise one-fourth of total payout to owner-managers. Dividends are used as a flexible payout channel. Wages are the preferred …

dividend as long as capital gains are not heavily discriminated by taxation in relation to dividends. The positive price effect … of dividends can be enhanced if the firm implements a dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP). … effects considered in signaling games. We show that paying out free cash flow, either as a dividend or via repurchasing shares …