CEO entrenchment, discretionary accruals, and corporate governance effects on dividend payout policy.

• Main Authors: Chong, Pei Kian., Chua, Ching., Ong, Shueh Nee.
• Other Authors: Sharma, Divesh Shankar
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Dividends
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9269
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The recent spate of accounting scandals marked the beginning of the corporate governance reforms in the U.S. and highlighted the increasing importance of corporate governance in the 21st Century. We examine relationships between CEO entrenchment, discretionary accruals and dividend payout policy, an...