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Do dividends matter? :

Ang, James S.

Do dividends matter? : a review of corporate dividend theories and evidence / - [New York] : Salomon Brothers Center for the Study of Financial Institutions, Graduate School of Business Administration, New York University, [c1987] - 68 p. : - Monograph series in finance and economics ; .

Bibliography: p. 59-65.

This paper aims at providing the reader with a comprehensive understanding of dividends and dividend policy by reviewing the main theories and explanations of dividend policy including dividend irrelevance hypothesis of Miller and Modigliani, bird-in-the-hand, tax-preference, clientele effects, signalling, and agency costs hypotheses. The paper also attempts to present the main empirical studies on corporate dividend policy.


Dividends

HG4028.D5 / A54 1987

332.63'221 / ANG