The influence of board independence on dividend policy in controlling agency problems in family firms

Business & Economics

• Board Independence 100%
• Dividend Policy 97%
• Agency Problems 90%
• Family Firms 85%
• Independent Directors 78%
• Minority Shareholders 40%
• Monitoring 37%
• Dividends 30%
• Corporate Governance 26%
• Family Decision Making 25%
• Cash Dividends 22%
• Civil Law 21%
• Agency Conflict 20%
• Robustness 20%
• Family Ownership 20%
• Authority 20%
• Corporate Boards 20%
• Board Size 19%
• Ownership Concentration 19%
• Rubber 19%
• Audit Committee 18%
• Duality 18%
• Governance Mechanisms 18%
• Emerging Countries 17%
• Turkey 14%
• Capital Markets 14%
• Chief Executive Officer 13%
• Fiscal 13%
• Payment 12%
• Empirical Results 11%
• Alternatives 7%
• Design Methodology 7%