Gender and other major board characteristics in China: Explaining corporate dividend policy and governance

PB McGuinness, KCK Lam, JP Vieito - Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2015 - Springer
This study examines the association between Chinese stock issuers' board characteristics
and dividends. We focus on the gender of CEO and accompanying board members, as well …

Dividends and earnings quality: Evidence from China

L Deng, S Li, M Liao - International Review of Economics & Finance, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the association between dividend payouts and earnings quality for
Chinese listed firms. The results show that dividend payouts are associated with more …

Dividend announcements and stock returns: a retrospective analysis

V Kumari, S Kumar, DK Pandey… - Qualitative Research in …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to provide insights into different aspects of the extant literature on
the effects of dividend announcements. Along with other outputs of a bibliometric study, this …

Data elements and corporate stock dividends: A quasi-natural experiment based on government data openness

J Shan, L Zhang, J Wang - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2025 - Elsevier
Based on data from Chinese A-share listed companies from 2000 to 2022, and using the
launch of government public data openness platforms as a quasi-natural experiment, this …

Do wealthy investors have an informational advantage? Evidence based on account classifications of individual investors

X Li, Z Geng, A Subrahmanyam, H Yu - Journal of Empirical Finance, 2017 - Elsevier
While trading is hazardous to most individual investors' wealth, some investors with well-
functioning informational networks may be able to turn a profit. Indeed, data from the …

Determinants of dividend payout and dividend propensity in an emerging market, Iran: an application of the LASSO

E Elyasiani, J Jia, H Movaghari - Applied Economics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Accurate prediction of dividends is important for market participants such as investors, firm
managers, and monitoring authorities, as they can, respectively, invest, manage dividend …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of stock dividends and stock splits on shares' prices: Evidence from Egypt

O El Ansary, MH El-Azab - Accounting and Finance Research, 2017 - researchgate.net
This research aims to examine the effect of two types of corporate actions,“Stock Split” and
“Stock Dividends”, on the shares' prices, liquidity changes, and price volatility; and to …

Stock dividends in China: signalling or liquidity explanations?

NH Nguyen, DY Wang - Accounting & Finance, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We test alternative hypotheses on a sample of Chinese stock dividends. The inverse Mills
ratio, a signal about future performance, is positively related to announcement returns but …

The value relevance and information content of cash and stock dividends in China

E Dedman, W Jiang, A Stark - The European Journal of Finance, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Due to their unique institutional features, the Chinese stock markets provide an interesting
experimental setting in which to examine how cash and stock dividends convey value …

Is the market biased in M&A, dividend payment, and share repurchase events?

LT Quang - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Companies with excess capital can opt to: pay dividends to shareholders, buy back treasury
shares for short-term shareholder benefits, or pursue M&A investments for long-term …