Corporate governance and dividend pay-out policy in UK listed SMEs: The effects of corporate board characteristics

Keyphrases

• Corporate Governance 100%
• Listed SMEs 100%
• Dividend Payout 100%
• Corporate Board Characteristics 100%
• Board Size 33%
• Board Meeting Frequency 33%
• Board Gender Diversity 33%
• Audit Committee Size 33%
• Alternative Markets 33%
• Small to Medium Size Enterprises 16%
• Design Methodology 16%
• Significant Relationship 16%
• Dividend Policy 16%
• Regression Techniques 16%
• Multivariate Regression 16%
• Board Independence 16%
• Two-stage Least Squares Regression 16%
• Fixed Effects 16%
• Negative Relationships 16%
• Gender Audit 16%
• Governance Policy 16%
• Role Duality 16%
• Lag Effect 16%
• Diversity Committee 16%
• Substitution Hypothesis 16%
• CEO Role 16%

Economics, Econometrics and Finance

• Board Gender Diversity 100%
• Dividend Payouts 50%