THE EFFECT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON THE MARKET PRICE OF SHARES IN NIGERIA: CASE STUDY OF FIFTEEN QUOTED COMPANIES By Dr. J. J. Adefila Department of Accountancy‚ University of Maiduguri‚ Dr. J. A. Oladipo and J.O Adeoti‚ Both of the Department of Business Administration‚ University of Ilorin ABSTRACT The issue of how much a company should pay its stockholders‚ as dividend is one that has been of concern to managers for a long time. The optimal dividend policy of a firm may be defined as the best
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Introduction Minerals Resource Rent Tax is a tax that will be placed on iron ore and coal projects starting July 1 2012. The introduction of MRRT will potentially have an effect on the accounting policy choices of mining companies affected by the tax. This paper will be split into two sections; a literature review and an analysis. The literature review will look at articles on the Minerals Resource Rent Tax and what it actually entails. Positive Accounting Theory in relation to bonus plans and
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Discrimination Policies in Health Care Anwuli Ikeme‚ HCS/430 February 3‚ 2011 Discrimination Policies in Health Care America is one of the most diverse countries in the world with people of many cultures‚ ethnicity‚ genders‚ and religion. However‚ it has not always been as tolerant of its diversity as evident of America’s history on race‚ religion‚ and gender relations. As a result of this history‚ Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted and prohibited employment discrimination
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execution of all risk evading and management policies‚ processes‚ procedures and improvements that are related to reduction of risk activities‚ risk prevention‚ risk surveillance‚ unusual occurrences and risk control. (Sultz‚ 2006) Identification and analysis of the key risk factors by this committee normally avoids tendencies in patient injury outcomes and actually improves the health provider practice. This committee normally influences the process of health policy making outside the healthcare organization
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POLICY PARALYSIS AND NEED FOR SECOND GENERATION REFORMS IN INDIA Global economic condition and internal issues such as policy indexes‚ corruption and subsides hampered India Growth Story. The primary reason for Slow-Down of Indian Economy Global Slowdown Global Economic downturn affected India’s exports and services business Coalition government No strong figurehead emerged from the coalition government Government policies were populistic rather than futuristic for long term growth Policy
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Republic of the Philippines CAMARINES NORTE STATE COLLEGE Graduate School Daet‚ Camarines Norte -o0o- POLICY ANALYSIS: PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE NO. 26-03 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ORDINANCE ENFORCING RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERSHIP AND INSTITUTIONALIZING RABIES CONTROL MEASURES TOWARDS RABIES FREE CAMARINES NORTE Submitted to MARIA CRISTINA C. AZUELO‚ Ph.‚ D. in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Public Administration by: Mila Jean A. Cabase
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ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SAFETY POLICIES‚ RISK INVOLVED AND NON- COMPLIANCE TO SAFETY. BY ADENUGA OLAMIDE EMMANUEL MAPET HERITAGE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. POLICIES It is company policy that accident prevention be a prime concern of all employees. This includes
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Classification: D53‚ G10‚ G14 I. INTRODUCTION Dividend is the result of a discretionary decision made by the board of directors of a firm. Generally‚ a firm announces dividend on the profit. Corporate dividend policy is one of the most enduring issues in modern corporate finance. Dividend policy determines the division of earnings between payments to stockholders and reinvestment in the firm (Weston‚ Copeland & Shatri: 2004). Miller and Modigliani (1961) have given a theory * Faculty Member‚ Tribhuvan
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MATRIX RANKING OF THE POLICY ISSUES ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Main Policy Issues on Solid Waste Management | Sub-set of Issues | Target Beneficiaries | Major Players | Policy Content | The use of non-biodegradable plastic carry out bag and polystyrene foam at point of sale by retail / business establishments | Banning the use of film plastic bag | Costumers‚ commercial establishments‚ citizen | * Commercial establishments such as engaged in commerce or sale of goods or services‚ including
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The United States is a nation of immigrants whose citizens are battling with each other over immigration policy. Immigration is an active political topic today‚ and arguably one of the strongest topics in many elections over the past decades. Some want to close the borders and deport as many as possible‚ while others want to open the borders and give immigrants the same rights and benefits as citizens. As with most political topics though‚ there isn’t one clearly defined act that could solve the
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