LEADER 04253nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910830561403321 005 20230721021152.0 010 $a1-282-36848-6 010 $a9786612368486 010 $a1-118-25840-1 010 $a0-470-47120-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000747667 035 $a(EBL)433797 035 $a(OCoLC)428151454 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000140294 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11147770 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140294 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10052919 035 $a(PQKB)11466273 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC433797 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000747667 100 $a20081222d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDividends and dividend policy$b[electronic resource] /$fH. Kent Baker 210 $aHoboken, NJ $cJohn Wiley$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (555 p.) 225 1 $aThe Robert W. Kolb series in finance 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-470-45580-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aDividends 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 327 $aCHAPTER 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 327 $aCHAPTER 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 327 $aCHAPTER 27: Dividend Policy in a Global PerspectiveCHAPTER 28: Dividend Policy in Emerging Markets; Index 330 $aDividends And Dividend Policy As part of the Robert W. Kolb Series in Finance, Dividends and Dividend Policy aims to be the essential guide to dividends and their impact on shareholder value. Issues concerning dividends and dividend policy have always posed challenges to both academics and professionals. While all the pieces to the dividend puzzle may not be in place yet, the information found here can help you gain a firm understanding of this dynamic discipline. Comprising twenty-eight chapters-contributed by both top academics and financial experts in the field-this well-rounded resourc 410 0$aRobert W. Kolb series in finance. 606 $aDividends 606 $aCorporate governance 615 0$aDividends. 615 0$aCorporate governance. 676 $a332.63221 686 $aQC 240$2rvk 686 $aQP 700$2rvk 700 $aBaker$b H. Kent$g(Harold Kent),$f1944-$0886287 701 $aBaker$b H. Kent$g(Harold Kent),$f1944-$0886287 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910830561403321 996 $aDividends and dividend policy$93939281 997 $aUNINA