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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"dividend policies"”.
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Two Essays On Cross-Country Differences In Corporate Dividend Policies
… relating national culture and law to the `dividend puzzle', which is a classic issue in financial economics. It consists of two essays analyzing the cross-country differences in corporate dividend policies from distinct perspectives. The first essay is based on a cultural psychology …
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Corporate dividend decisions
… in the previous literature to explain firms’ dividend policy, focusing specifically on IPOs and cross-country analysis. In particular, I explore the theoretical links in the context of the important dividend theories including signalling, agency costs, lifecycle and catering and then …
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the New Zealand-listed companies’ dividend policy
Dividends motivate investors to allocate funds to the stock market. The COVID-19 pandemic posed significant challenges to the global economy, impacting companies' financial performance and dividend policies worldwide. This research analyses dividend changes during the COVID-19 pandemic in New …
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Dividend policy, share price and return: a study on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
… investigation into the effects of firms' dividend policies on the prices of and returns realised on their ordinary shares listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. A review of published theories as to whether the dividend policy of a firm ought to affect its value revealed that, under …
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Canadian market reaction to dividend omission and resumption announcements
… trading activity surrounding announcements of dividend omissions and resumptions made by Canadian corporations. Significant negative abnormal returns are identified for a three-day announcement period. No significant shift in beta is found. The abnormal returns are not related to corporate size …
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Market reaction to announcements of dividend increases : is it weakening with time?
… the market’s reaction to announcements of dividend increases. In particular, it considers the factors that affect the magnitude of abnormal returns during the days that surround announcements of dividend increases. The objective is to find whether the market reaction to dividend increases …
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Essays on Nonparametric Estimation of Asset Pricing Models
… pricing model to measure how consumption and dividend policies depend on unobserved state variables, such as economic uncertainty and risk aversion. Under a flexible specification of the stochastic discount factor, the state variables are recovered from cross-sections of asset prices and …