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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830561403321

Autore

Baker H. Kent (Harold Kent), <1944->

Titolo

Dividends and dividend policy [[electronic resource] /] / H. Kent Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley, c2009

ISBN

1-282-36848-6

9786612368486

1-118-25840-1

0-470-47120-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (555 p.)

Collana

The Robert W. Kolb series in finance

Classificazione

QC 240

QP 700

Altri autori (Persone)

BakerH. Kent <1944-> (Harold Kent)

Disciplina

332.63221

Soggetti

Dividends

Corporate governance

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dividends and Dividend Policy; Contents; Acknowledgments; PART I: Dividends and Dividend Policy: History, Trends, and Determinants; CHAPTER 1: Dividends and Dividend Policy: An Overview; CHAPTER 2: The Historical Evolution of Dividends; CHAPTER 3: Trends in Dividends: Payers and Payouts; CHAPTER 4: Factors Influencing Dividends; CHAPTER 5: Cross-Country Determinants of Payout Policy: European Firms; PART II: Cash Dividends: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence; CHAPTER 6: Dividend Irrelevance Theory; CHAPTER 7: Residual Dividend Policy; CHAPTER 8: Taxes and Clientele Effects

CHAPTER 9: Agency Costs and the Free Cash Flow HypothesisCHAPTER 10: Asymmetric Information and Signaling Theory; CHAPTER 11: Behavioral Explanations of Dividends; CHAPTER 12: The Firm Life Cycle Theory of Dividends; CHAPTER 13: The Catering Theory of Dividends; PART III: Share Repurchases; CHAPTER 14: Stock Repurchases: Theory and Evidence, Part 1; CHAPTER 15: Stock Repurchases: Theory and Evidence, Part 2; CHAPTER 16: Stock Repurchases and Dividends: Trade-Offs and Trends; CHAPTER 17: Beating the Market with Share Buybacks; PART IV: Other Distribution Methods; CHAPTER 18: Special Dividends



CHAPTER 19: Stock Splits, Stock Dividends, and Reverse Stock SplitsCHAPTER 20: Dividend Reinvestment Plans; PART V: Survey Evidence on Dividends and Dividend Policy; CHAPTER 21: Cash Dividends and Stock Repurchases; CHAPTER 22: Stock Splits, Stock Dividends, and Dividend Reinvestment Plans; CHAPTER 23: Why Individual and Professional Investors Want Dividends; PART VI: Other Dividend Issues; CHAPTER 24: Why Firms Begin Paying Dividends: Value, Growth, and Life Cycle Effects; CHAPTER 25: Dividend Policy and Corporate Governance; CHAPTER 26: Dividend Policy in Regulated Industries

CHAPTER 27: Dividend Policy in a Global PerspectiveCHAPTER 28: Dividend Policy in Emerging Markets; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Dividends And Dividend Policy As part of the Robert W. Kolb Series in Finance, Dividends and Dividend Policy aims to be the essential guide to dividends and their impact on shareholder value. Issues concerning dividends and dividend policy have always posed challenges to both academics and professionals. While all the pieces to the dividend puzzle may not be in place yet, the information found here can help you gain a firm understanding of this dynamic discipline. Comprising twenty-eight chapters-contributed by both top academics and financial experts in the field-this well-rounded resourc