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Related party transactions and dividend payouts

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  • El-Helaly, Moataz
  • Al-Dah, Bilal

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This paper examines the association between Related Party Transactions (RPTs) and dividend payouts. Using a sample drawn from the S&P 1,500 firms and hand collected RPTs data between 2011 and 2018, we find that the magnitude of RPTs, measured by the number of transactions, is positively associated with the dividend yield. Additionally, we find that this relationship is mainly driven by RPTs that are classified as less opportunistic by prior studies. Our findings suggest that, when the magnitude of RPTs increases, firms tend to increase dividends to mitigate agency conflicts as agency problems become more prevalent.

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  • El-Helaly, Moataz & Al-Dah, Bilal, 2022. "Related party transactions and dividend payouts," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 49(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:49:y:2022:i:c:s1544612322003385
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2022.103114
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    Keywords

    Dividends; Related party transactions;

    JEL classification:

    • G35 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Payout Policy
    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting

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