Corporate Governance and Dividend Policy: An Evidence from Ghana

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Newlove Asamoah
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Dividend Policy

scholarly journals Dividend Policy in Indonesian Companies: Does Corporate Governance Matter?

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S9) ◽  
pp. 825-830
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Finance Industry ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Uk

This study investigates whether corporate governance matters with regards to the dividend policy in Indonesian companies. Previous studies on this subject have mostly been done in developed countries, which have adopted the common law, such as in the US and the UK. This study uses 26 companies operating in the finance industry. Secondary data is used from several sources, such as the annual report and financial statement and related websites. This study uses an independent sample t-test to analyse the data. Corporate governance matters for dividend policy in Indonesian companies. It is evidenced by the fact that there is a significant differ ence in managerial ownership and board size between dividend paid and dividend not paid. Profitability also differs between dividend paid and dividend not paid companies; companies with higher profitability tend to pay dividend. This study provides empirical evidence that corporate governance matters for dividend policy in Indonesian companies. There are two contributions of this study: the result confirms the resource dependence theory and the convergence governance hypothesis.

scholarly journals Corporate Governance and Dividend Policy in Peru: Is there any link?

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-116
Author(s):  
Samuel Mongrut Montalvan ◽  
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Cinzia Delfino Barilla ◽  
Gianni Devercelli Ruiz ◽  
Diego Lambarri Figueroa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Dividend Policy

Impact of corporate governance on dividend policy in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 337
Author(s):  
Pankaj Chaudhary ◽  
Narain Chandra
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Dividend Policy

Islamic law, corporate governance, growth opportunities and dividend policy in Indonesia stock market

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 110-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Imamah ◽  
Tsui-Jung Lin ◽  
Suhadak ◽  
Siti Ragil Handayani ◽  
Jung-Hua Hung
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Growth Opportunities

Corporate governance and dividend policy in Sri Lankan firms: a data triangulation approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 543-560
Author(s):  
H. Kent Baker ◽  
Narayanage Jayantha Dewasiri ◽  
Sandaram P. Premaratne ◽  
Weerakoon Yatiwelle Koralalage
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Agency Cost ◽  
Free Cash Flow ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Market Data ◽  
Content Type

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the relation between corporate governance and dividend policy in Sri Lankan firms. Design/methodology/approach The data set consists of market data using 1,608 firm-year observations from 201 firms listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange and survey-based data from 151 respondents from the same 201 firms. The authors use data triangulation to examine the two approaches. Findings The analysis of the market data reveals that a significantly positive relation between corporate governance on both the propensity to pay dividends and dividend payout. Survey analysis confirms these findings. Triangulated evidence supports the outcome model of dividends, free cash flow and agency cost theories. Practical implications The findings are useful not only for management in developing suitable corporate governance practices and dividend policies for their firms but also for shareholders in evaluating both existing and new investments. Future researchers should investigate the same phenomenon in other contexts using triangulation approaches to confirm their findings. Originality/value This study is the first to use governance indices both in terms of survey and market-based data to examine the relation between corporate governance and dividend policy.

scholarly journals Corporate Governance and Dividend Policy in the Presence of Controlling Shareholders

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Ricardo Rodrigues ◽  
J. Augusto Felício ◽  
Pedro Verga Matos
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Agency Theory ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Free Cash Flow ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Controlling Shareholders ◽  
Listed Firms

Based on agency theory, we focused on the influence of corporate governance in the dividend policy of large listed firms with headquarters in continental Europe countries. Previous research focused on the influence of corporate governance on the performance and risk of listed firms, but the influence of corporate governance on the dividend policy has rarely been addressed despite the importance of dividends for shareholders and the implications on the free cash-flow, whose application may be a source of conflicts between managers and shareholders. In this paper, we study the influence of a set of governance mechanisms on the dividend policy over 12 years (2002 to 2013). The results, based on a panel data analysis, support the importance of governance mechanisms toward the protection of shareholders’ interests, and reveal that the decisions on whether to pay dividends and how much to pay are grounded on different antecedents.

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