The third purpose of this book is to explore new ways of thinking about\u00a0the dividend puzzle and other special subjects we could not put in the frame of\u00a0the two previous sections, even though these subjects are as important, and\u00a0perhaps more enlightening, than any other we have covered up to this point.<\/p>\n
This book is the condensed result of many years of thinking and empirical\u00a0work\u00a0by\u00a0its authors\u00a0on what we\u00a0enthusiastically consider one of the most\u00a0intriguing\u00a0topics of \ufb01nancial economics.\u00a0Because of that, it would be both\u00a0ungrateful and somehow dishonest if we claimed exclusive originality to our\u00a0writings. The book would never have been written without the help of many\u00a0of our colleagues and, perhaps more important, our students who were unsel\ufb01sh\u00a0enough to discuss with us the issues we raise and assist with the original, \ufb01rst\u00a0published research we also present in this book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This book has three purposes. The \ufb01rst is to provide an historical perspective\u00a0of dividends\u00a0from\u00a0the emergence of the modern\u00a0corporation\u00a0in Great\u00a0Britain,\u00a0The Netherlands, and America to its growth in the 19th and 20th centuries.<\/p>\n
The second purpose of the book is to trace the evolution of academic\u00a0models on dividend policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9299,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[10379],"product_tag":[10391,10392,10321],"class_list":{"0":"post-9296","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-altax-library-en","7":"product_tag-dividend","8":"product_tag-experience","9":"product_tag-taxation-en","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"sale","14":"downloadable","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n