Independent directors and dividend payouts in the Post Sarbanes-Oxley Era

Business & Economics

• Sarbanes-Oxley 74%
• Dividend Payout 69%
• Independent Directors 66%
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 31%
• Free Cash Flow 20%
• Board Composition 14%
• Scandal 12%
• Board of Directors 11%
• Endogeneity 9%
• Stock Repurchases 8%
• Payout Policy 7%
• Team Work 7%
• Corporate Boards 6%
• Corporate Management 6%
• Team Management 6%
• Management Control 6%
• Difference-in-differences 5%
• Financial Reporting 5%
• Dividends 5%
• Stock Exchange 4%
• Shareholders 4%
• Governance 4%
• Methodology 2%

Social Sciences

• independent director 100%
• firm 45%
• dollar 22%
• act 15%
• board of directors 14%
• scandal 12%
• management 11%
• corporate board 9%
• Corporate management 8%
• stock exchange 8%
• shareholder 6%
• governance 3%
• regulation 3%
• Law 3%
• methodology 2%
• dividend payout policy 0%