is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0307-4358.htm Explanatory factors of bank dividend policy: revisited John Theis and Amitabh S. Dutta D. Abbott Turner College of Business‚ Columbus State University‚ Columbus‚ Georgia‚ USA Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dickens et al. model of bank holding company dividend policy. They identified five explanatory factors in a sample of bank holding companies (BHCs). Banking companies typically pay larger dividends and more
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Ever been accused of manslaughter or been called a racist?Well‚ George Zimmerman has‚ in the Trayvon Martin case. Many people believe that if you are accused of murder like George Zimmerman does. They will just call you a racist and a murderer. Opinion and facts is a big part of this case‚ and obviously‚ he was the one who kill Trayvon Martin. However‚ he still has pleaded not guilty because he claims that it was just self-defense and not murder. Eventually‚ Zimmerman won the case because verdict
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Dunham Of the people‚ By the People‚ For the People: Direct Democracy in America Since the first governments were created citizens have been trying to gain more influence on the laws and the politicians who make them. In representative democracies like the United States‚ sometimes relying on politicians to legislate in the interest of the people just isn’t enough. This is when the voters step in and use processes like initiative‚ referendum‚ and recall to make public policy themselves. These
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Explain and evaluate government policies that can be used to address the market failure associated with (i) public goods (ii) common resources‚ including a case study of each. Discuss why ‘government failure’ can occur when the government attempts to correct for these two types of market failure. Introduction This paper presents about the explanation and evaluation of government policies to specify clearly the market failure associated with public goods and common resources. It will cover up
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for securities with an original maturity of 1 year or less. Answer: True Level: Easy 7. Eurodollar bonds are dollar denominated bonds issued outside the United States. Answer: True Level: Easy 8. Financial intermediaries such as banks typically have assets that are riskier than their liabilities. Answer: True Level: Easy 9. Spinning is the process of allocating shares in a ‘hot’ IPO to certain favored clients of investment banking firms in exchange for receiving additional
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* Question 2 1 out of 1 points | | | When the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear a case‚ it issues a writ of________.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Certiorari | | | | | * Question 3 1 out of 1 points | | | U. S. District Court in Vermont is hearing a case brought by a citizen of Vermont challenging the constitutionality of one of the provisions of the U.S. Patriot Act‚ a federal statute. In deciding this case‚ the court will use ______________substantive law
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Hieu Huynh SIB 429 Prof. I. Kim Wang Mini Case: Bank Of America Challenges: Where is the bank heading? What can BoA do in the future to prevent such exposure to economic meltdowns? What will the financial landscape look like as the US economy continue to recover? Where will the bank’s opportunities lie in the new economy? How should the bank position itself strategically to compete successfully and grow in the future? Firm History‚ Supplier/Buyers‚ Competitors: BoA’s achievements
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of the activism that occurred during the 1960’s‚ it changed the tone as far as politics was concerned for a good many of groups of people (Schultz 2014). What it changed was the attitude of how people thought or identified with politics and politicians concerning themselves or their cliques. Whereas before the 1960’s the general consensus was to vote accordingly as to what was for the good of the nation as a whole. The reason historians blame the 1970’s for this type of self-centeredness is that there
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of the squared residuals will be: a. 7 b. 15 c. 8 d. 22 ANSWER: d 2. If an estimated regression line has a y-intercept of 10 and a slope of 4‚ then when x = 2 the actual value of y is: a. 18 b. 15 c. 14 d. unknown ANSWER: d 3. Given the least squares regression line [pic]= 5 –2x: a. the relationship between x and y is positive b. the relationship between x and y is negative c. as x increases‚ so does y d. as x decreases‚ so does
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society? A. who gets good and service? B. whether or not to produce. C. how to produce? D. which goods and services to produce. 2. Most microeconomic models assume that decision markers wish to A. act selfishly. B. make themselves as well off as possible C. make others as well off as possible. D. none of the above. 3. What links the decisions of consumers and firms in market? A. coordination’s officials B. government C. prices D. microeconomics 4. The price of a good or service is:
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