Independent directors and the decision of US manufacturing firms about the amount of dividends

Amarjit Gill, Leo Dana and John Obradovich
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Amarjit Gill: U of S - University of Saskatchewan [Saskatoon, Canada]

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Abstract: One of the most important factors that stock investors use to make investment decision in the stock market is the amount of dividends that company has paid in the past and is expected to pay in the future. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of independent directors on the decision of US manufacturing firms about the amount of dividends. The study used a sample of 183 US manufacturing firms listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for a period of five years (from 2009-2013). By applying a co-relational and non-experimental research design, this study found that the presence of independent directors positively impacts the decision of US manufacturing firms about the amount of dividends. The results also show that the decision of US manufacturing firms about the amount of dividends is positively associated with audit committee, firm size, firm age and financial performance and negatively associated with operating risk. The findings may be useful for financial managers, operations managers, financial management consultants, stock market investors and other stakeholders.

Keywords: corporate governance; independent directors; board size; CEO duality; CEO tenure; audit committee; payments decisions; dividends; dividend payments; USA; United States; manufacturing industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Published in International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 2015, 15 (1), pp.96-108. ⟨10.1504/IJBG.2015.070226⟩

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DOI: 10.1504/IJBG.2015.070226

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