...Linda Putri Nadia; Mamduh M. Hanafi Purpose This study aims to examine the influence of board gender diversity on dividend policy and cash holdings in several emerging economies. This study also investigates the nonlinear impact of women on dividend policy and cash holdings and the differences...

...Geetanjali Pinto; Shailesh Rastogi Purpose This study aims to evaluate the influence of corporate governance index (CGI), ownership concentration (OC) and other features on the dividends of listed Indian pharmaceutical companies. The other features included are leverage, excess return over cost...

...Hussain Tahir; Ridzuan Masri; Md Mahfuzur Rahman Purpose This paper aims to examine the extent to which corporate board attributes influence dividend payout policies. Design/methodology/approach A total number of 2,842 firm’s year-observations of Malaysian non-financial firms representing from...

...Neeti Khetarpal Sanan Purpose This study examined the impact of board size, independence and gender diversity on firm dividend payout. Furthermore, it examined whether the board characteristic–dividend payout relationship was moderated by free cash flows in the firm. Design/methodology/approach...