We revisit the view of dividend smoothing as one of the most robust findings in the empirical
corporate finance literature by employing meta-regression analysis (MRA). Using 99 …

We survey managers of firms listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange about their views on
dividends. We find the perceptions of factors that influence dividend policy differ between …

We investigate whether investor protection and taxation legislation affect dividend policy,
using a unique sample of all Belgian firms listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange between …

Dividend policy is one of the widely addressed topics in financial management. It is an
important duty of a financial manager to formulate the company's dividend policy that is in …

The impact resulted from the dividend policy of a firm, on the volatility of the market value of
stocks, is the major concern of this study, which is an issue bearing an utmost significance …

Do market participants evaluate the credibility of a firm's share repurchase announcement
based on the firm's share repurchase history? Using a sample of 1,507 share repurchase …

Globalleşen ekonomik sistemin doğurduğu aşırı rekabet ortamı ulusal ve uluslar
arasışirketlerin uyguladıkları kâr dağıtımı politikasını önemli ölçüde etkilemektedir. Firmaların …

Using a comprehensive database of monthly US economic and price-based factors from
1871 to 2005, we investigate the relationship between the actual values and our estimated …

To better understand how investors have historically valued equities, we compare monthly
values of the S&P Index to our corresponding estimated fundamental values from 1871 to …

The objective of the paper is to analyse capital adequacy, dividend policy and new share
issues of Italian banks in the last twenty years, to identify the net role of the market in the …