Determinants of Corporate Dividend Policy in Jordan: An Application of the Tobit Model

By H. A. Al-Malkawi. 2007

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Subfields: Accounting

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Citations in the corpus

• The association between dividend payout and outside directorships (2009, neutral): “This variable is commonly used in prior research as a determinant of dividend policy (Mehar, 2002; Al-Malkawi, 2007).”
• Corporate governance and dividend pay-out policy in UK listed SMEs: The effects of corporate board characteristics (2017, neutral): “, 2001; Fama & French, 2001), firm size (Al-Malkawi, 2007; Al-Kuwari, 2009, 2010; Jiraporn et al., 2011), leverage (Al-Shubiri, 2011; Afza & Mirza, 2011; Rafique, 2012; Emamalizadeh et al.”
• Determinants of the Dividend Policy: An Empirical Study on the Lebanese Listed Banks (2014, background): “Al-Malkawi (2007) examined the determinants of corporate dividend policy in Jordan using a firm-level panel data set of all publicly traded firms on the Amman Stock Exchange between 1989 and 2000.”
• Dividend Policy and Firm Performance: A Study of Listed Firms in Nigeria (2012, background): “(1998), Fama & French (2001), Grullon & Michaely (2002), Al-Malkawi (2007) who opined that larger firms’ have higher agency problems and therefore may pay higher dividends to mitigate such costs.”
• An Empirical Analysis of Determinants of Dividend Policy - Evidence from the UAE Companies (2012, background): “Osobov (2008), Hosami (2007), Aivazian (2003), Al-Twaijry (2007),Eriotis (2005) Ahmed and Javid (2009), Kuwari (2009) and Olantundun (2000) also supported the same view.”
• Determinants of dividend policy for public listed companies in Malaysia (2012, background): “There are also studies which reported a positive impact of growth opportunities and investment on dividend policy (Al-Malkawi, 2007; Foroghi et al., 2011; Al-Shubiri, 2011; Imran, 2011).”