International dividend policy: legal influence, firm attributes and the desire to pay.

Recent studies, like Fama and French (2001), provide evidence that the number of dividend payers in the US. has been declining over the past few decades. They attributed these changes to the changing characteristics of the firms as well as a declining propensity to pay dividends. This thesis seeks...

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Main Author:	Ho, Pei Yui.
Other Authors:	Sen, Nilanjan
Format:	Theses and Dissertations
Published:	2008
Subjects:	DRNTU::Business::Finance::Dividends
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/7323
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Institution:	Nanyang Technological University

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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-73232024-01-12T10:16:35Z International dividend policy: legal influence, firm attributes and the desire to pay. Ho, Pei Yui. Sen, Nilanjan Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Finance::Dividends Recent studies, like Fama and French (2001), provide evidence that the number of dividend payers in the US. has been declining over the past few decades. They attributed these changes to the changing characteristics of the firms as well as a declining propensity to pay dividends. This thesis seeks to determine whether the documented decline in number of dividend payers is purely a U.S. phenomenon or represents a trend in global corporate payout policy. Master of Business 2008-09-18T07:43:47Z 2008-09-18T07:43:47Z 2004 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/7323 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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description	Recent studies, like Fama and French (2001), provide evidence that the number of dividend payers in the US. has been declining over the past few decades. They attributed these changes to the changing characteristics of the firms as well as a declining propensity to pay dividends. This thesis seeks to determine whether the documented decline in number of dividend payers is purely a U.S. phenomenon or represents a trend in global corporate payout policy.
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International dividend policy: legal influence, firm attributes and the desire to pay.

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