Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a strategic tool that firms use to gain competitive
advantage and enhance profitability in the long run, yet its effect on dividend payout in …

We investigate the dividend policies of firms in the United Kingdom to understand whether
firms in different markets use dividends as a signaling or disciplining device. The sample …

This article investigates how corruption (COR) and the COVID-19 (COV) pandemic affect
corporate payout decisions. The sample contains 13,865 firm-years over 2012-2020 and …

Este estudio tiene como objetivo evaluar la aplicación de la buena gobernabilidad
corporativa a los precios de las acciones de las empresas manufactureras indonesias. Se …

We reveal a novel channel through which market participants' sentiment influences how they
forecast stock returns: their optimism (pessimism) affects the weights they assign to …

This article investigates the impact of firm size and financial crises on cash dividends
between 2001 and 2017 by employing 52,989 firm-year observations that represent 5,377 …

This study investigates the role of corporate growth in corporate payout policies. We define a
good signaling firm as a high-growth firm paying dividends. We find that good signaling firms …

Fraud became a global occurrence and a major source of worry. It exists across various
nations and impacts most sorts of firms regardless of company magnitude revenue or …

This study examines the influence of corporate governance on dividend policy based on a
sample of Canadian firms listed on the S&P/TSX composite index during 2009-2012. The …

Purpose–The purpose of this article is to empirically explore the sensitivity of payouts to
cash flows and the other financing decisions, such as debt and investment, of firms …