1.
Corporate Governance and Firm Performance
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 27 Sep 2004
Working Paper Series
Temple University - Department of Accounting and Kennesaw State University
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31,392
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
Harvard Law School, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
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
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12,615
The Long-Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism
NBER Working Paper No. w21227
Number of pages: 85
Posted: 08 Jun 2015
Last Revised: 14 Jun 2015
Downloads
109
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12,615
3.
Disappearing Dividends: Changing Firm Characteristics or Lower Propensity to Pay?
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 03 Feb 2000
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Finance and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
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11,841
4.
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
Accepted Paper Series
SUNY at Buffalo - Department of Financial & Managerial Economics
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11,113
5.
Payout Policy in the 21st Century
Tuck Contemporary Corporate Finance Issues III Conference Paper
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 03 Aug 2004
Working Paper Series
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Payout Policy in the 21st Century
Tuck Contemporary Corporate Finance Issues III Conference Paper
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 03 Aug 2004
Downloads
8,304
Payout Policy in the 21st Century
NBER Working Paper No. w9657
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 23 May 2003
Downloads
358
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8,304
6.
Testing Tradeoff and Pecking Order Predictions About Dividends and Debt
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 15 Dec 1999
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Finance and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
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8,019
7.
The Economic Implications of Corporate Financial Reporting
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 25 Jan 2004
Working Paper Series
Duke University, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School
There are 4 versions of this paper
The Economic Implications of Corporate Financial Reporting
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 25 Jan 2004
Downloads
7,467
The Economic Implications of Corporate Financial Reporting
NBER Working Paper No. w10550
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 22 Jun 2004
Downloads
174
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7,467
8.
Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Survey
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 20 Oct 2004
Last Revised: 12 Aug 2008
Working Paper Series
Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School and NYU Stern School of Business
There are 3 versions of this paper
Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Survey
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 20 Oct 2004
Last Revised: 12 Aug 2008
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7,445
Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Survey
NYU Working Paper No. FIN-04-024
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 03 Nov 2008
Downloads
963
Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Survey
NBER Working Paper No. w10863
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 28 Oct 2004
Last Revised: 08 Sep 2010
Downloads
265
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7,445
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
Working Paper Series
Temple University - Department of Accounting and Kennesaw State University
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7,115
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
Working Paper Series
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
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6,975
11.
Why Do Firms Pay Dividends? International Evidence on the Determinants of Dividend Policy
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 04 Mar 2006
Working Paper Series
Georgia State University, Department of Finance and University of Pittsburgh
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6,601
12.
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
Accepted Paper Series
Florida International University (FIU), University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, CES and Multimedia University (MMU)
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6,434
13.
A Dynamic Model of Optimal Capital Structure
McCombs Research Paper Series No. FIN-03-06
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 19 Nov 2002
Working Paper Series
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
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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6,093
A Dynamic Model of Optimal Capital Structure
Review of Finance, Vol. 11, Issue 3, pp. 401-451, 2007
Posted: 14 Jul 2008
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6,093
14.
Does Corporate Performance Determine Capital Structure and Dividend Policy?
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 22 Mar 2005
Working Paper Series
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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5,217
15.
Buyback Derangement Syndrome
Journalof Portfolio Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 08 Dec 2017
Last Revised: 28 Feb 2018
Accepted Paper Series
AQR Capital Management, LLC, AQR Capital Management, LLC and AQR Capital Management, LLC
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5,091
16.
Taxes and Corporate Finance
Number of pages: 92
Posted: 10 Apr 2001
Working Paper Series
Duke University
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5,065
17.
The Information Role of Conservatism
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 02 Aug 2006
Working Paper Series
Algert Global, LLC and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
There are 2 versions of this paper
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4,599
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
Accepted Paper Series
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis and University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
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4,565
19.
Using Treasury 'Repurchase' Shares to Stabilize Stock Markets
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 09 Oct 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Birzeit University
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4,561
20.
Dividends, Share Repurchases, and the Substitution Hypothesis
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 26 Apr 2000
Working Paper Series
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business and University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)
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4,439
21.
Stock Market Liquidity and Firm Dividend Policy
EFMA 2003 Helsinki Meetings
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 18 Apr 2003
Last Revised: 09 Jan 2018
Working Paper Series
Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Central Florida - Department of Finance and Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business
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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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4,337
Stock Market Liquidity and Firm Dividend Policy
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Forthcoming
Posted: 10 Jan 2006
Last Revised: 08 Jan 2018
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4,337
22.
Managerial Miscalibration
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 16 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 30 Oct 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance, Duke University and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Managerial Miscalibration
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 16 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 30 Oct 2019
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4,323
Managerial Miscalibration
NBER Working Paper No. w16215
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 26 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 03 Aug 2010
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60
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4,323
23.
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
Working Paper Series
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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4,083
24.
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
Harvard Law School
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4,054
25.
The Impact of Trading Volume on Stock Price Volatility in the Arab Economy
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 26 Feb 2008
Working Paper Series
Birzeit University
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3,982
26.
The BP Oil Disaster: Stock and Option Market Reactions
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 30 Jun 2010
Last Revised: 26 Dec 2010
Working Paper Series
Ohio University and Ohio University
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3,739
27.
Taxes and Corporate Finance: A Review
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 03 Mar 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Duke University
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3,615
28.
The Irrelevance of the Mm Dividend Irrelevance Theorem
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 14 Mar 2005
Working Paper Series
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
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3,453
29.
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
Florida Atlantic University
There are 2 versions of this paper
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
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3,441
Contracts and Exits in Venture Capital Finance
The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 1947-1982, 2008
Posted: 19 Sep 2008
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3,441
30.
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
Working Paper Series
Boston College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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3,436
31.
Globalization and Stock Market Stability
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 03 May 2006
Last Revised: 23 Oct 2007
Working Paper Series
Birzeit University
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3,389
32.
Corporate Governance and Firm Cash Holdings
AFA 2006 Boston Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 24 Oct 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Washington, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
There are 2 versions of this paper
Corporate Governance and Firm Cash Holdings
AFA 2006 Boston Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 24 Oct 2005
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3,300
Corporate Governance and Firm Cash Holdings
Journal of Financial Economics, Forthcoming, AFA 2006 Boston Meetings Paper
Posted: 22 May 2007
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3,300
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
Accepted Paper Series
University of Illinois College of Law (deceased)
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3,297
34.
Dividend Policy, Corporate Governance and the Managerial Entrenchment Hypothesis: An Empirical Analysis
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 13 Jun 2002
Working Paper Series
University of Porto - Faculdade de Economia do Porto
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3,281
35.
The Pricing of Dividends in Equity Valuation
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 13 Aug 1999
Working Paper Series
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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3,242
The Pricing of Dividends in Equity Valuation
Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 32, No. 3-4, pp. 435-469, April 2005
Posted: 27 Apr 2005
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3,242
36.
Dividend Policy and Market Movements
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 04 Jan 2006
Working Paper Series
University of Mississippi - School of Business Administration and Babson College - Finance Division
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3,209
37.
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
Working Paper Series
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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3,169
38.
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
Working Paper Series
Florida Atlantic University and Goethe University Frankfurt - Institute of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
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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3,161
Private Equity Returns and Disclosure Around the World
Journal of International Business Studies, 2009, EFA 2004 MAASTRICHT, European Economic Association (EEA), 2004
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 06 Apr 2009
Last Revised: 15 Apr 2009
Downloads
556
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3,161
39.
Payout Policy, Agency Conflicts, and Corporate Governance
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 13 Jun 2006
Working Paper Series
New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance and Independent
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3,143
40.
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
Working Paper Series
Harvard Law School, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Tilburg University - Department of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
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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3,143
Socially Responsible Firms
CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2014-043, TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2014-029
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 30 Jul 2014
Last Revised: 12 Aug 2014
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186
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3,143
41.
The Value of Corporate Votes and Control Benefits: A Cross-Country Analysis
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 21 Sep 2000
Working Paper Series
World Bank, South Asia
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3,127
42.
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
Accepted Paper Series
The Middle East Centre, London School of Economics and Politics, and Department of Finance & Economics - Qatar University
Downloads
3,090
43.
Payout Policy
Ross School of Business Paper No. 1227
Number of pages: 119
Posted: 25 Feb 2014
Last Revised: 19 Nov 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Finance, University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) and University of Oxford - Finance
There are 3 versions of this paper
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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3,079
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3,079
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
Working Paper Series
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business, Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and Yale School of Management
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2,981
45.
Agency Problems and Dividend Policies Around the World
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 14 Jan 1998
Working Paper Series
SKEMA Business School, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Agency Problems and Dividend Policies Around the World
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 14 Jan 1998
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2,975
Agency Problems and Dividend Policies Around the World
NBER Working Paper No. w6594
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 10 Jul 2000
Last Revised: 09 Oct 2010
Downloads
459
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2,975
46.
Financial Flexibility and the Choice between Dividends and Stock Repurchases
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 26 Feb 1999
Working Paper Series
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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2,964
47.
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
Accepted Paper Series
The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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2,942
48.
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
Manappuram Finance Limited
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2,929
49.
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
Working Paper Series
New York University and New York University (NYU) - Department of Accounting
There are 2 versions of this paper
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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2,844
The Value Relevance of Dividends, Book Value and Earnings
NYU Working Paper No. 2451/27590
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 09 Oct 2008
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258
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2,844
50.
Why Do U.S. Firms Hold so Much More Cash than They Used to?
Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2007-03-006, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2006-17
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 04 Sep 2006
Last Revised: 16 May 2008
Working Paper Series
Arizona State University - Department of Finance, University of Arizona - Department of Finance and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
Why Do U.S. Firms Hold so Much More Cash than They Used to?
Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2007-03-006, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2006-17
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 04 Sep 2006
Last Revised: 16 May 2008
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2,751
Why Do U.S. Firms Hold so Much More Cash than They Used to?
NBER Working Paper No. w12534
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 29 Sep 2006
Last Revised: 03 Oct 2010
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183
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2,751
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