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Cost Stickiness, Firm’s Dividend Payouts, and Family Ownership

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  • Ali Amin

    (Lahore Business School, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan)

  • Rizwan Ali

    (Lahore Business School, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan)

  • Ramiz ur Rehman

    (Lahore Business School, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan)

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  • Ali Amin & Rizwan Ali & Ramiz ur Rehman, 2022. "Cost Stickiness, Firm’s Dividend Payouts, and Family Ownership," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 27(1), pages 116-133, Jan-June.
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    Keywords

    Cost stickiness; dividend payout; agency theory;
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    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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