Dividends and dividend policy / 
[edited by] H. Kent Baker. 
 - xvi, 536 páginas :  ilustraciones ;  26 cm. 
 - Robert W. Kolb series in finance .
 - Robert W. Kolb series in finance .
<br/><br/>Incluye bibliografía. 
<br/><br/>Dividends and dividend policy : an overview -- The historical evolution of dividends -- Trends in dividends : payers and payouts -- Factors influencing dividends -- Cross-country determinants of payout policy : European firms -- Dividend irrelevance theory -- Residual dividend policy -- Taxes and clientele effects -- Agency costs and the free cash flow hypothesis -- Asymmetric information and signaling theory -- Behavioral explanations of dividends -- The firm life cycle theory of dividends -- The catering theory of dividends -- Stock repurchases : theory and evidence, part 1 -- Stock repurchases : theory and evidence, part 2 -- Stock repurchases and dividends : trade-offs and trends -- Beating the market with share buybacks -- Special dividends -- Stock splits, stock dividends, and reverse stock splits -- Dividend reinvestment plans -- Cash dividends and stock repurchases -- Stock splits, stock dividends, and dividend reinvestment plans -- Why individual and professional investors want dividends -- Why firms beging paying dividends : value, growth, and life cycle effects -- Dividend policy and corporate governance -- Dividend policy in regulated industries -- Dividend policy in a global perspective -- Divident policy in emerging markets. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0470455802 9780470455807 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dividendos.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.63  / D618 2009