TY - BOOK AU - Tasneem Mohamed Hany Gomaa AU - Osama Abdelkhalek Elansay , TI - Testing the life cycle theory of dividend in Egypt / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Tasneem Mohamed Hany Gomaa , KW - Contributed capital KW - Dividends KW - Earned equity N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Commerce - Department of Business Administration; Issued also as CD N2 - This study empirically explores the life cycle theory of dividends in the Egyptian market and whether there is support for the theory that corporate dividend corresponds to different stages of firm life- cycle . The sample will comprise the companies which constitute the EGX 100 index (The Egyptian stock exchange index for the large medium and small companies ) during the period 2005-2010 ER -