This study aims to analyze the variable confirmation between dividend payout ratio with profitability and lagged by looking at role of share ownership as a dummy mediate variable. The research subject was carried out Regional Development Bank (BPD) in Indonesia. uses data samples taken from issued OJK (Financial Services Authority). development banks were chosen because they have different dete...

Abstract This article shows that, for major equity markets, the proportion of index values attributable to first 5 years dividends dropped substantially in quarter 2020 and that this drop was not reversed by end year. In cross section, breakdown dividend smoothing due COVID-19 less severe firms with higher operating cash flows more positively coskewed stock returns, it pronounced those leverage...

Recent research has shown that women shy away from competition more often than men. We evaluate experimentally three alternative policy interventions to promote women in competitions: Quotas, Preferential Treatment, and Repetition of the Competition unless a critical number of female winners is reached. We find that Quotas and Preferential Treatment encourage women to compete significantly more...