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1.

Corporate Governance and Firm Performance

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 27 Sep 2004
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Lawrence D. Brown and Marcus L. Caylor
Temple University - Department of Accounting and Kennesaw State University
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2.

The Long-Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 802, Columbia Law Review, Vol. 115, 2015, pp. 1085-1156, Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 13-66
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 07 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alon Brav and Wei Jiang
Harvard Law School, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics

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3.

Disappearing Dividends: Changing Firm Characteristics or Lower Propensity to Pay?

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 03 Feb 2000
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Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French
University of Chicago - Finance and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
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Growth, Beta and Agency Costs as Determinants of Dividend Payout Ratios

Journal of Financial Research, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 249-259, Fall 1982
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 19 Oct 2005
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Michael S. Rozeff
SUNY at Buffalo - Department of Financial & Managerial Economics
Downloads 11,247
5.

Payout Policy in the 21st Century

Tuck Contemporary Corporate Finance Issues III Conference Paper
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Aug 2004
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Alon Brav, Campbell R. Harvey, John R. Graham and Roni Michaely
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and The University of Hong Kong

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Downloads 8,346
6.

Testing Tradeoff and Pecking Order Predictions About Dividends and Debt

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Dec 1999
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Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French
University of Chicago - Finance and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
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7.

The Economic Implications of Corporate Financial Reporting

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 25 Jan 2004
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John R. Graham, Campbell R. Harvey and Shivaram Rajgopal
Duke University, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School

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8.

Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Survey

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 20 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2008
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Malcolm P. Baker, Richard S. Ruback and Jeffrey Wurgler
Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School and NYU Stern School of Business

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Downloads 7,502
9.

Corporate Governance and Firm Valuation

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2006
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2014
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Lawrence D. Brown and Marcus L. Caylor
Temple University - Department of Accounting and Kennesaw State University
Downloads 7,186
10.

Capital Structure, Payout Policy, and Financial Flexibility

Marshall School of Business Working Paper No. FBE 02-06
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 20 May 2009
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Harry DeAngelo and Linda DeAngelo
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department
Downloads 7,154
11.

The Impact of Dividend Policy on Share Price Volatility in the Malaysian Stock Market

Journal of Business Studies Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2012
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Sep 2012
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Mohammad Hashemijoo, Aref Mahdavi Ardekani and Nejat Younesi
Florida International University (FIU), University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, CES and Multimedia University (MMU)
Downloads 6,735
12.

Why Do Firms Pay Dividends? International Evidence on the Determinants of Dividend Policy

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 Mar 2006
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Igor Osobov and David J. Denis
Georgia State University, Department of Finance and University of Pittsburgh
Downloads 6,638
13.

A Dynamic Model of Optimal Capital Structure

McCombs Research Paper Series No. FIN-03-06
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 19 Nov 2002
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Sergey Tsyplakov and Sheridan Titman
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance

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14.

Does Corporate Performance Determine Capital Structure and Dividend Policy?

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Mar 2005
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Michael W. Faulkender, Anjan V. Thakor and Todd T. Milbourn
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business and Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School
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15.

Buyback Derangement Syndrome

Journalof Portfolio Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2018
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Clifford S. Asness, Todd M. Hazelkorn and Scott A. Richardson
AQR Capital Management, LLC, AQR Capital Management, LLC and AQR Capital Management, LLC
Downloads 5,133
16.

Taxes and Corporate Finance

Number of pages: 92 Posted: 10 Apr 2001
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John R. Graham
Duke University
Downloads 5,082
17.

Using Treasury 'Repurchase' Shares to Stabilize Stock Markets

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Oct 2003
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Nidal Rashid Sabri
Birzeit University
Downloads 4,838
18.

Passive Investors, Not Passive Owners

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 03 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2016
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Ian Appel, Todd A. Gormley and Donald B. Keim
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis and University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
Downloads 4,656
19.

The Information Role of Conservatism

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 02 Aug 2006
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Ryan LaFond and Ross L. Watts
Algert Global, LLC and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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20.

Dividends, Share Repurchases, and the Substitution Hypothesis

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 Apr 2000
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Gustavo Grullon and Roni Michaely
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business and The University of Hong Kong
Downloads 4,462
21.

The Impact of Trading Volume on Stock Price Volatility in the Arab Economy

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 26 Feb 2008
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Nidal Rashid Sabri
Birzeit University
Downloads 4,374
22.

Managerial Miscalibration

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2019
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Itzhak Ben-David, John R. Graham and Campbell R. Harvey
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance, Duke University and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business

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23.

Stock Market Liquidity and Firm Dividend Policy

EFMA 2003 Helsinki Meetings
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2018
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Suman Banerjee, Vladimir A. Gatchev and Paul A. Spindt
Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Central Florida - Department of Finance and Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business

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Downloads 4,350
24.

The Responsibility Paradox: Multinational Firms and Global Corporate Social Responsibility

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1031
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 Apr 2006
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Gerald F. Davis, Marina V. N. Whitman and Mayer Nathan Zald
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Michigan - Department of Sociology
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25.

The Myth that Insulating Boards Serves Long-Term Value

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 113, No. 6, pp. 1637-1694, October 2013, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 755
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 11 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Lucian A. Bebchuk
Harvard Law School
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26.

The BP Oil Disaster: Stock and Option Market Reactions

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2010
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Andy Fodor and John D. Stowe
Ohio University and Ohio University
Downloads 3,757
27.

Globalization and Stock Market Stability

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 03 May 2006 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2007
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Nidal Rashid Sabri
Birzeit University
Downloads 3,725
28.

Taxes and Corporate Finance: A Review

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 03 Mar 2003
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John R. Graham
Duke University
Downloads 3,643
29.

The Irrelevance of the Mm Dividend Irrelevance Theorem

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Mar 2005
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Harry DeAngelo and Linda DeAngelo
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department
Downloads 3,492
30.

Contracts and Exits in Venture Capital Finance

AFA 2003 Washington, DC Meetings, The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 1947-1982, 2008
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Mar 2002 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Douglas J. Cumming
Florida Atlantic University

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31.

Asymmetric Timeliness of Earnings, Market-to-Book and Conservatism in Financial Reporting

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4550-05, Simon Business School Working Paper No. FR 04-21
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Dec 2004
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Sugata Roychowdhury and Ross L. Watts
Boston College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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32.

Dividend Policy, Corporate Governance and the Managerial Entrenchment Hypothesis: An Empirical Analysis

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 13 Jun 2002
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Jorge Farinha
University of Porto - Faculdade de Economia do Porto
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33.

Accountability and Responsibility in Corporate Governance

Notre Dame Law Review, Forthcoming, Univ. of Illinois Law & Economics, Research Paper Series, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 20 Jun 2005
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Larry E. Ribstein
University of Illinois College of Law (deceased)
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34.

Corporate Governance and Firm Cash Holdings

AFA 2006 Boston Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Oct 2005
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Jarrad Harford, Sattar Mansi and William F. Maxwell
University of Washington, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department

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35.

Socially Responsible Firms

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 432/2014
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 12 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2016
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Allen Ferrell, Hao Liang and Luc Renneboog
Harvard Law School, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Tilburg University - Department of Finance

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The Pricing of Dividends in Equity Valuation

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Aug 1999
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John R. M. Hand and Wayne R. Landsman
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

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37.

Dividend Policy and Market Movements

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Jan 2006
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Kathleen P. Fuller and Michael A. Goldstein
University of Mississippi - School of Business Administration and Babson College - Finance Division
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Payout Policy, Agency Conflicts, and Corporate Governance

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Jun 2006
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Kose John and Anzhela Knyazeva
New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance and Independent
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Payout Policy Through the Financial Crisis: The Growth of Repurchases and the Resilience of Dividends

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 12-01
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2015
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Eric Floyd, Nan Li and Douglas J. Skinner
University of California San Diego, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Determinants of the Dividend Policy of Companies Listed on Emerging Stock Exchanges: The Case of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries

Global Economy & Finance Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 38-63, September 2009
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Mar 2011
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Duha Al-Kuwari
The Middle East Centre, London School of Economics and Politics, and Department of Finance & Economics - Qatar University
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41.

Private Equity Returns and Disclosure Around the World

EFA 2004 Maastricht, EEA 2004 Madrid, EFM 2005 Madrid, Journal of International Business Studies, forthcoming 2009
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 05 Mar 2004 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2016
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Douglas J. Cumming and Uwe Walz
Florida Atlantic University and Goethe University Frankfurt - Institute of Economics

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Payout Policy

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1227
Number of pages: 119 Posted: 25 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2016
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Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely and Martin C. Schmalz
University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Finance, The University of Hong Kong and University of Oxford - Finance

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43.

The Value of Corporate Votes and Control Benefits: A Cross-Country Analysis

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 21 Sep 2000
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Tatiana Nenova
World Bank, South Asia
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44.

Do Managers Do Good with Other Peoples' Money?

AFA 2013 San Diego Meetings Paper, UCD & CalPERS Sustainability & Finance Symposium 2013, Fama-Miller Working Paper, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 12-47
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2020
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Ing-Haw Cheng, Harrison G. Hong and Kelly Shue
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business, Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and Yale School of Management
Downloads 3,064
45.

Agency Problems and Dividend Policies Around the World

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Jan 1998
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Florencio Lopez de Silanes, Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny
SKEMA Business School, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Financial Flexibility and the Choice between Dividends and Stock Repurchases

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 26 Feb 1999
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Clifford P. Stephens, Murali Jagannathan and Michael S. Weisbach
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - E.J. Ourso College of Business Administration, SUNY at Binghamton - School of Management and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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47.

Ownership Structure and Dividend Payout Policy in India

Corporate Governance and Dividend Payout in India, Journal of Emerging Market Finance, Vol. 5, No. 1, 15-58, April 2006
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Aug 2004 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Jayesh Kumar
Manappuram Finance Limited
Downloads 2,958
48.

What Do Dividends Tell Us About Earnings Quality?

Review of Accounting Studies, 16, no. 1 (March 2011).
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Jan 2004 Last Revised: 24 Dec 2012
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Douglas J. Skinner and Eugene F. Soltes
The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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The Value Relevance of Dividends, Book Value and Earnings

New York University Dept. of Accounting Working Paper No. 99-3
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Sep 1999
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Richard P. Brief and Paul Zarowin
New York University and New York University (NYU) - Department of Accounting

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50.

Dancing with Activists

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 137, pp. 1-41, July 2020 , Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 906, Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 17-44, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 604/2019
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 10 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 18 May 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alon Brav, Wei Jiang and Thomas Keusch
Harvard Law School, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics and INSEAD

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