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

Business & Economics

• Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 100%
• Corporate Governance 99%
• Board Characteristics 82%
• Dividend Payout 77%
• Corporate Boards 77%
• Gender Diversity 30%
• Alternative Investments 30%
• Board Size 29%
• Audit Committee 28%
• Board Independence 15%
• Multivariate Regression 14%
• Two-stage Least Squares 14%
• Dividend Policy 14%
• Duality 13%
• Substitution 12%
• Fixed Effects 11%
• Chief Executive Officer 10%
• Design Methodology 5%