Dividend policy: a long term investigation. University of Antwerp
In this project, I will describe the dividend policy of Belgian firms during the period 1832-2012. I will focus on firms listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange during this period. Data is available from the SCOB-database. In a first part, I investigate the evolution of dividend policy over the period 1832-2012, which was characterized by major institutional, regulatory and tax changes, such as the introduction of taxes on dividends, the ...