Corporate dividends decisions: evidence from Saudi Arabia

J Al‐Ajmi, H Abo Hussain - The Journal of Risk Finance, 2011 - emerald.com
Purpose–The paper aims to test the stability of dividend policy, test the effect of cash flow on
the company's dividend policy, identify the factors that determine a firm's cash dividend …

Investor protection and dividend policy: The case of Islamic and conventional banks

SA Athari, C Adaoglu, E Bektas - Emerging Markets Review, 2016 - Elsevier
This study examines the dividend policy behavior of Islamic and conventional banks
operating in Arab markets. These banks operate in an environment of Sharia law and low …

Corporate governance and dividend policy of the US and Indian companies

S Kanojia, BS Bhatia - Journal of Management and Governance, 2022 - Springer
The paper examines the relationship between corporate governance and dividend payout,
using a sample of Indian and US listed firms. In contrast with the substitution hypothesis, but …

The effects of institutional settings and risks on bank dividend policy in an emerging market: Evidence from Tobit model

SA Athari - International Journal of Finance & Economics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates specifically the effects of institutional settings and risks on dividend
payout policy for banks operate in an emerging market of Nigeria. The present study …

Banks dividend policy: Evidence from Pakistan

K Imran, M Usman, M Nishat - Economic Modelling, 2013 - Elsevier
The present study empirically investigates the factors that determine the dividend payout
decisions among banks. For empirical analysis the data of sixteen banks listed in the …

What drives dividend smoothing? A meta regression analysis of the Lintner model

E Fernau, S Hirsch - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2019 - Elsevier
We revisit the view of dividend smoothing as one of the most robust findings in the empirical
corporate finance literature by employing meta-regression analysis (MRA). Using 99 …

Dividend smoothing when firms distribute most of their earnings as dividends

KH Al-Yahyaee, TM Pham, TS Walter - Applied Financial …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Due to its distinctive institutional background, Oman offers a valuable opportunity to
investigate the stability of the dividend policy. In Oman,(1) there are no taxes on …

Regulatory hypothesis and bank dividend payouts: Empirical evidence from Italian banking sector

BN Ashraf, S Arshad, MM Rahman… - Journal of Financial …, 2015 - World Scientific
This study examines the regulatory hypothesis for bank dividend payouts using a panel
dataset of 229 Italian banks over the period 2005–2012. Regulatory hypothesis suggests …

Why do firms smooth dividends? Empirical evidence from an emerging economy India

NB Labhane - Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and …, 2018 - inderscienceonline.com
The present study examines the determinants of dividend smoothing behaviour of 240
sample companies listed on National Stock Exchange (NSE) in India, which have …

Modelling the dividend policy of banks in Gulf Cooperation Council countries

J Al-Ajmi - Applied Economics Letters, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents the results of an investigation on the determinants of banks' dividend
decisions among banks listed on seven stock exchanges in the Gulf Cooperation Council …