Purpose From an agency theory realm, this study aims to respond to the more recent calls to
deeply analyze the indirect influence of professional shareholders, namely, institutional …

We rely on the staggered adoption of the Universal Demand Laws, which led to an
exogenous decline in derivative litigation risk, as a quasi-natural experiment to explore the …

Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of dividend policy on a firm's participation
in corporate social responsibility (CSR)-related activities in the context of Pakistani firms …

The primary purpose of this study is to explore the internal drivers (ie, board monitoring,
financial slack, and shareholder‐orientedness) of corporate social responsibility (CSR) …

PURPOSE: Theoretical and empirical research on corporate sustainability focuses on the
relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and …

In this paper, we investigate whether dividend payout is associated with corporate
transparency (ie, CSR reporting and assurance) and whether CSR mechanisms (ie, CSR …

This study first investigates emission reduction targeting among polluting firms in the basic
materials sector. We assess whether firms that produce a greater amount of carbon …

Purpose The mounting focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in
business has sparked substantial curiosity in understanding the nexus between ESG and …

This article studies the relationship between environmental, social and governance (ESG)
score and dividend payment for 274 large family firms in the period 2015–2021. This …

Free cash flow is a crucial component in deciding the dividend payout ratio; but literature
has not sufficiently explored the effects of the same, specifically on dividend payment …