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- Title
Agency problems, product market competition and dividend policies in Japan.
- Authors
He, Wen
- Abstract
This study investigates whether product market competition reduces agency problems between controlling shareholders and minority shareholders in Japan. In particular, we examine firms' dividend policies in competitive versus concentrated industries. In a large sample of Japanese firms, we find that firms in more competitive industries pay more dividends, are more likely to increase dividends and are less likely to omit dividends. Furthermore, the impact of firm-level agency problems on dividend payouts is weaker in highly competitive industries. The results suggest that product market competition can be an effective industry-level governance mechanism that can force managers to disgorge cash to outside investors.
- Subjects
JAPAN; ECONOMIC competition; ECONOMIC policy; STOCKHOLDERS; ECONOMIC impact; INVESTORS; DIVIDENDS
- Publication
Accounting & Finance, 2012, Vol 52, Issue 3, p873
- ISSN
0810-5391
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-629X.2011.00414.x