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Agency Problems and Dividend Policies Around the World Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny* January 1999 Abstract This paper outlines and tests two agency models of dividends. According to the “outcome” model, dividends are the result of effective pressure by minority shareholders to force corporate insiders to disgorge cash. According to the “substitute” model, insiders interested in issuing equity in the future choose to pay dividends to establish
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International Journal of Management Reviews (2007) doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2007.00215.x XXXX utilitarian, ORIGINAL XXX International Publishing Management theories IJMR 2007managerial and relational Reviews of corporate social responsibility © Blackwell Journal of Ltd 2007 1460-8545 Oxford, UK ARTICLES Blackwell Publishing Ltd Utilitarian, managerial and relational theories of corporate social responsibility Davide Secchi Concepts and theories of corporate social responsibility (CSR) have
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ABSTRACT Title: PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF SCREAMO MUSIC TO THE SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT OF THE STIGMATINE YOUTH MOVEMENT MEMBERS Author: JOHN LERY MAAMBONG ANASTACIO Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication School Year: 2009 – 2010 Rationale This study aims to know the significant relationship of the profile of the respondents and the perceived effects of screamo music to the spiritual enrichment of the Stigmatine Youth Movement (SYM) Statement of the problem This study Is to determine the
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