This study examines how financial reporting quality affects corporate dividend policy. We
find that higher quality reporting is associated with higher dividends. This positive …

This study systematically reviews the dividend policy literature, combining quantitative and
qualitative techniques. We screened a sample of 270 articles retrieved from the Scopus …

This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dividend payouts of
publicly traded firms in the US Out of nearly 1,400 dividend paying firms, 213 cut dividends …

This paper investigates the local peer effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR). We
find that a firm's CSR engagement comoves with that of other firms headquartered nearby …

We show that a firm's CSR policy is significantly influenced by the CSR policies of firms in
the same three‐digit zip code, an effect possibly due to investor clienteles, local competition …

We examine the relation between political uncertainty and cash holdings for firms in China.
We document that, during the first year of a new city government official's appointment, a …

Empirical evidence on the relations between board independence and board decisions and
firm performance is generally confounded by serious endogeneity issues. We circumvent …

We survey the theory and evidence of behavioral corporate finance, which generally takes
one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial …

This study investigates whether geographic variation in religion-induced gambling norms
affects aggregate market outcomes. We conjecture that gambling propensity would be …

We investigate whether local religiosity matters for risk-taking by banks. Banks
headquartered in more religious areas exhibit lower stock return volatility, lower tail risk, and …