Dividend Smoothing and Determinants of Dividend Payout: Empirical Evidence from U.S.

In this paper, it aims to find out whether the dividend policy is smoothing among the U.S. companies and investigates the driving factors behind the dividend increase and cut decision. At same time, it provides the comparison of three industries (Manufactory, Service and Retail) on dividend policy....

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Main Author: Ye, Zhu
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25615/