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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828657703321

Titolo

Managerial finance : dividends and dividend policy / / guest editors, professor H. Kent Baker and Dr. Rob Weigand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, [England] : , : Emerald, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78441-972-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (105 p.)

Collana

Managerial Finance, , 0307-4358 ; ; Volume 41, Number 2

Disciplina

658.15

Soggetti

Corporations - Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Editorial advisory board; Guest editorial; Corporate dividend policy revisited; Market power and dividend policy; Dividend yields and stock returns in Hong Kong; Dividend policy in India: new survey evidence; The post-repurchase announcement drift:an anomaly in disguise?

Sommario/riassunto

We present five noteworthy papers that contribute new insights to this timeless topic of Dividends and Payout policy. Dividend policy refers to the payout policy that a firm follows in determining the size and pattern of distributions to shareholders over time. For academics, explaining why firms actually pay dividends has been a thorny issue without a simple or obvious solution.. Judging from the number of books and articles on this subject, dividend policy has both captivated and puzzled academic researchers for decades. Many have been preoccupied with academic issues that are of little inte