• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.917-929
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• 2021

This study highlights the importance of remittance, the factors which affect the percentage of income remitted, and the investment options available to reduce remittance. For the year 2019, the remittances from Oman totaled $9.1 billion. Oman was among the top remitters with remittance to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of 11.9%. A survey was conducted on 300 resident expats in Oman. The descriptive analysis shows that the maximum remittance percentage is between 21%-40% of income. The multinomial logistic regression results show that outward remittance depends on gender, age, occupation, number of dependent in Oman, and the number of dependent in the home country. Regarding investment, the most preferred investment option is business, followed by real estate and financial services. Age and education are found to affect investment options. This paper tries to fill the literature gap, especially for the case of Oman, by exploring what determines the level of remittance and the preferred choices for retaining funds. This study adds to the existing literature, as no previous study is available regarding how personal factors can influence the level of remittance and investment in a small oil-exporting developing country like Oman. The study will be helpful to policymakers and academicians in devising policies to retain and invest the outwards remittances in Oman.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.79-104
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• 1995

Dividend Policy involves the decision to pay out earnings versus retaining them for reinvestment in the firm, and dividend policy decisions can have either favorable or unfavorable effects on the attainment of firm's objective. This paper is to examine the present status of dividend policy of the Pusan Cooperative Fish Market, and to suggest the optimal dividend policy decisions appropriate for achieving its objective, which is to promote the fishermen's benefits and protect the interest of consumers. There are two types of dividend that the Pusan Cooperative Fish Market pays to the equity owners : (1) dividend on capital and (2) equalized patronage dividend. During'90s, while the rate of dividend on capital ranged from 1.7% to 2.8%, that of equalized patronage dividend ranged from 13.9% to 22.9%. Therefore, the rate of total dividend on capital including revolving funds has been about 20%, which turns out to be much higher than those of companies listed in the stock market. According to the current dividend data, the Pusan Cooperative Fish Market focuses on the equalized patronage dividend and the dividen on capital is the secondary type of dividend. In addition, the interesting feature of equalized patronage dividend is that it is supposed to be reinvested into capital by the Articles of the Fish Market, as soon as the Fish Market pays it to its members. Finally, this paper suggests the rational dividend policy of the Fish Market that is able to help its objective to be achidved more efficiently. The overall direction of the rational dividend policy can be summarized as follows ; (1) The level of cash dividend on capital should be increased enough to reflect the market interest rate. (2) The subsidy of working capital to some member fisheries cooperatives as quasi- dividend should be cut off steadily. (3) The equalized patronage dividend should be replaced by the original patronage dividend whose level is determined by the volume of each member's purchase. (4) In the long-term, it is necessary to improve the system of revolving funds in the way that revoloving funds could serve to complement equity capital for only a fixed time, after which they ard repaid to the members.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.209-247
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• 2004

최근 국내에서는 "특별회계 및 기금 정비방안"에 관한 공청회가 열리는 등 공공기관에 의한 기금 및 적립금의 목적과 운용 행태에 대한 관심이 촉발되고 있다. 그러나 공공경제학을 공부하는 이들에게 중앙은행의 적립금은 별 관심의 대상이 아니었다. 다분히 실험적 연구의 성격을 띤 본 논문은 61개국 자료를 이용하여 각국 중앙은행이 내부 유보한 적립금이 통화정책 당국의 재량권확대 유인과 밀접한 관련이 있음을 보인다. 구체적으로 통화정책에 있어서 통화당국 관료의 재량권 여지가 큰 중앙은행 대출이 적립금과 직접적인 관계가 있음을 실증분석을 통해 검증한다. 한국의 경우, 이미 김인배 외(2001)에서 중앙은행 적립금이 중앙은행 대출과 관련이 있음을 보였던바, 이를 국제자료를 통해 확인함으로써 중앙은행 적립금의 성격과 의미를 재고하며 동시에 가설의 일반화를 시도한다.