The main purpose of this study is to examine the incremental information content of
operating cash flows in predicting financial distress and thus develop reliable failure …

This study is intended to identify the predictors of financial distress for the Pakistani firms.
Variables used are the financial ratios representing profitability, liquidity, leverage, and cash …

This paper examines the relationship between dividend policy and financial leverage of 403
companies, listed with Karachi Stock Exchange during the period 2002 to 2008. Dividend …

This study attempt to evaluate the observed dividend policy of a cross section of 27 Nigeria
quoted companies using theories tested to explain dividend behavior of those firms. These …

The purpose of this study is to re‐evaluate the incremental information content of cash flows
in explaining dividend changes, given earnings. I carry out an 882 firm‐year study by …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of firm characteristics such as
profitability, growth opportunities, size, leverage and maturity on dividend policy of Indian …

Corporate dividend policy has been an area of concern in financial literature for quite a long
time. Substantial research has been carried out on dividend policy leading to the emergence …

The Japanese equity market is one of the largest in the world. In recent years, fund
managers worldwide have substantially increased their exposure to the Japanese capital …

This paper utilizes the parsimonious multiple regression model developed by Musa (2005)
to investigate the dividend policy of a cross-section of 53 firms quoted on the Nigerian Stock …

Ordinarily, only the interests of shareholders, debtholders and corporate management are
taken into account when analyzing corporate financial decisions, while the interests of the …