Why Do Firms Pay Dividends? International Evidence on the Determinants of Dividend Policy* DAVID J. DENIS** Krannert School of Management Purdue University West Lafayette‚ IN 47907 djdenis@purdue.edu IGOR OSOBOV Georgia State University Department of Finance Atlanta‚ GA 30303 iosobov@gsu.edu May‚ 2007 We thank Yakov Amihud‚ Harry DeAngelo‚ Linda DeAngelo‚ Diane Denis‚ Jim Hsieh‚ Omesh Kini‚ Erik Lie‚ John McConnell‚ Lalitha Naveen‚ Raghu Rau‚ Steve Smith‚ Jeff Wurgler‚ an anonymous referee
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An Appraisal of Dividend Policy and Capital Structure of Apex Tanneries Limited 1. Company Profile Apex tanneries has been setting standard in Bangladesh leather export industry since 1976.equiped with the state of the art Italian modern machinery and maintaining high quality strictness. Through the years its production has been progressively entailing a constant expansion of building and machinery .Annual production exceeds 23 million square meters and company sales turnover amount to
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12/24/02 5:14 AM Page 13A-1 13A ILLUSTRATION OF THE THREE DIVIDEND POLICY THEORIES Figure 13A-1 illustrates the three alternative dividend policy theories: (1) Miller and Modigliani’s dividend irrelevance theory‚ (2) Gordon and Lintner’s bird-in-thehand theory‚ and (3) the tax preference theory. To understand the three theories‚ consider the case of Hardin Electronics‚ which has from its inception plowed all earnings back into the business and thus has never paid a dividend. Hardin’s management is
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How accurate is the statement that “The dividend policy of a firm is irrelevant”. By Mr. George Ekegey Ekeha (MBA – Finance‚ MBA & BCom) (Lecturer in Corporate Finance & International Finance @ Regent University College of Science & Technology) Email: ekegey24ge@yahoo.co.uk March 2009 THIS PAPER IS PREPARED IN RESPONSE TO A RELEVANT QUESTION TO HELP STUDENTS TAKING CORPORATE FINANCE COURSE. No Part of This Thesis Is To Be Used For Any Purposes‚ Other Than Academic REFERENCE
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Dividend Policy at FPL Group Inc. Problem: On May 5‚ 1994 the utilities analyst of Merrill Lynch downgraded FPL Group Inc. due to an expectation of adjustment in dividend payments. The report also acknowledged the probability of a cut in the dividend. Kate Stark of First Equity Securities Corporation analyzes the situation and she has to predict what is going to happen. This investment alert was published dropped the stock price by 6% on the same day. 3 weeks ago Kate Stark has recommended a “hold”
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By S.Murdhen 1 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUC TION .............................................................................................................. 3 2. B rief Objectives .................................................................................................................. 4 3.0 Brief Liter ature Rev iew ........................................................................................... 4 3.1 Cornerstones of dividend policy .............................
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DIVIDEND DECISION The dividend decision is one of the 3 basic decisions which a financial manager maybe required to take‚ the other two being the investment decisions and the financing decisions. In each period any earnings that remain after satisfying obligations to the creditors‚ the government and the preference sh.hol can either be retained or paid out as dividends or bifurcated between retained earnings and dividends. The retained earnings can be invested in assets which will help
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Godrej Consumer Products Limited: Dividend History and Market Performance Godrej group of companies is one of the oldest corporate houses in India. The Godrej group was established in 1897. It had a total turnover of `.118 billion (US$ 2.62 billion) for the financial year 2010. With five listed companies with an aggregate market capitalisation of `. 165 billion as of March 31 2010‚ 58 manufacturing locations in India and overseas‚ and operations in 18 countries‚ it has a significant presence
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ASSIGNMENT ON Analysis of financial statement using ratio analysis of Power & Fuel Sector Submitted To: Ms. Rumana Ahmed Assistant Professors Department of Accounting & Information Systems Faculty of Business Studies Univeristy of Dhaka Submitted By A.H.A Elahi Rumi…….11221032 Md.Shahidur Rahman…11221049 Md.Nuruzzaman……….10915052 Faysal Ahmed………….11120029 Md.Lear Hossain……….11222052 Shovan Ahmed…………11222012 Program: MBA (Evening) Date of submission: February 5‚
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Topic: DIVIDENDS 1. Payments made out of a firm ’s earnings to its owners in the form of cash or stock are called: A) Dividends. B) Distributions. C) Share repurchases. D) Payments-in-kind. E) Stock splits. Answer: A Topic: REGULAR CASH DIVIDENDS 2. A cash payment made by a firm to its owners in the normal course of business is called a: A) Share repurchase. B) Liquidating dividend. C) Regular cash dividend. D) Special dividend. E) Extra cash dividend. Answer:
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