...Shahbaz Sheikh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the relation between the ex-ante termination risk and the likelihood of paying and increasing dividends. Design/methodology/approach Logit regressions are used to estimate the relation between the ex-ante termination...

...Rajesh Pathak; Ranjan Das Gupta Purpose The authors examine the stability of dividend payout and the consistency in its predictability using sample of firms from 18 different countries amid their prevailing heterogeneous formal institutions (such as the legal system, corporate governance...

...David Michayluk; Karyn Neuhauser; Scott Walker Purpose The study's purpose is to examine market returns around dividend announcements that contrast with a pattern of prior dividend announcements. Design/methodology/approach The paper identifies firms that have a smooth dividend pattern of once...

... regressions are used to estimate the relation between firm performance in CSR and corporate payouts. Findings The empirical results show that firm performance in CSR is positively related to the propensity and level of dividends, repurchases and total payouts (dividends plus repurchases). However...

...Ranajee Ranajee; Rajesh Pathak; Akanksha Saxena Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test the stickiness of payout policy across times for Indian firms, by identifying the determinants of dividend payout (for amount of dividends as well as probability of dividends) and examine their predictive...

... dividend payments, lower levels of cash and higher levels of leverage. All results hold after controlling for potential endogeneity issues. Originality/value The authors show that a greater presence of long-term institutional investors leads to higher dividends, lower investment outlays, lower cash...

...Samuel Jebaraj Benjamin; Shaista Wasiuzzaman; Helen Mokhtarinia; Niloufar Rezaie Nejad Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of family ownership on dividend payout from the perspective of agency costs in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – Annual financial...

...Michael Clemens Purpose The purpose of this research is to investigate the risk and return characteristics of dividend investing compared to a passive “market” approach and provide probable explanations for any differences in return and risk. Design/methodology/approach The research design...

...H. Kent Baker; Bin Chang; Shantanu Dutta; Samir Saadi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine cash dividends and stock repurchases in Canada from 1988 to 2006 and their relationship with earnings. Design/methodology/approach The study uses logistic regressions to examine the likelihood...

...Lukas Setia‐Atmaja Purpose This paper's aim is to examine whether board independence influences debt and dividend policies of family controlled firms. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines panel data on a sample of Australian publicly‐listed firms over the period 2000‐2005 using panel...

...Jannine Poletti Hughes Purpose The purpose of this research is to expand on the available literature that suggests a positive effect of R&D activities and dividend payments on firms' value by considering three additional aspects that differ from previous research. Design/methodology...

...David Michayluk; H. Kent Baker; Samir Saadi; Shantanu Dutta; Devinder Gandhi Purpose The purpose of this research is to analyze survey results on the perception of dividends by managers of dividend‐paying firms listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). Design/methodology/approach Managers...