Introduction In this paper the impact of dividend policy of the companies on the firm’s share prices is analysed and different views in the context of the semi-strong form of the efficient market hypothesis are contrasted. The overview of the traditional and most recent empirical investigations of the stock market reaction to the dividend announcements is provided and different findings are discussed and compared. Three companies have been selected from the FTSE All share price index. These companies
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List of Research Papers / Articles Published Srl No. Research Paper / Article Published Research Papers Published Financial Statements : Informational Approach‚ Indian Journal of Accounting - The Journal of Indian 1 Accounting Association‚ Vo. VI (June & December 1976) pp. 29-48 Depreciation Accounting - A probabilistic Approach‚ The Chartered Accountant - The Journal of Institute 2 of Chartered Accountants of India‚ Vol. XXVI (January 1978) pp 339-43 Accounting Education and Professional Accountant
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Strategies for Sustainable Growth & Competence “ The Impact of Dividend Policy on Shareholders’ Wealth-A study of Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in Sri Lanka Elangkumaran Periyathamby Department of Accountancy Advanced Technological Institute Trincomalee vpelango@yahoo.com Jenitta Jesuthas Navaratnaseelan Department of Accountancy Advanced Technological Institute Trincomalee jenyseelan@gmail.com The impact of firm’s dividend policy on shareholders’ wealth is an unresolved issue and has
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payment Cash dividends (most common) are those paid out in currency‚ usually via electronic funds transfer or a printed paper check. Such dividends are a form of investment income and are usually taxable to the recipient in the year they are paid. This is the most common method of sharing corporate profits with the shareholders of the company. For each share owned‚ a declared amount of money is distributed. Thus‚ if a person owns 100 shares and the cash dividend is USD $0.50 per share‚ the holder
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IJRESS Volume 1‚ Issue 1(October‚ 2011) (ISSN 2249-7382) A STUDY OF TRAINING IN INSURANCE AND THEIR IMPACT ON EMPLOYEES PRODUCTIVITY Dr. Shefali Verma* Rita Goyal** ABSTRACT The training and development function plays a further enhanced role and holds more importance‚ as it deals with knowledge of workers .Employees are entrusted different roles and responsibilities in the LIC. Training enables them to carry out these roles and responsibilities efficiently and also learn new things‚ which will
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rights reserved. 1 Shareholder Wealth Effects of Dividend Policy Changes in an Emerging Stock Market: The Case of Cyprus* Nickolaos Travlos ALBA‚ Greece‚ and Cardiff Business School‚ U.K. Lenos Trigeorgis University of Cyprus‚ Cyprus‚ and University of Chicago‚ U.S.A. Nikos Vafeas University of Cyprus‚ Cyprus This article examines the stock market reaction to announcements of cash dividend increases and bonus issues (stock dividends) in the emerging stock market of Cyprus. Both events
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A PROJECT REPROT ON A STUDY ON “IMPACT OF RECESSION ON SHARE PRICES OF TRI SECTORS”` AT PCS SECURITIES LTD SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQURIEMENTS FOR DEGREE OF BACHELORE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BY VINAY.S (08PSC08081) UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF MR.AMAR H.A LECTURER OF COMMERCE AND MANAGEMENT SESHADRIPURAM INSTITUE OF COMMERCE AND MAGEMENT BANGALORE-560020 2010-2011 SESHADRIPURAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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company should pay its stockholders‚ as dividend is one that has been of concern to managers for a long time. The optimal dividend policy of a firm may be defined as the one that increases shareholders wealth by the greatest amount. It is therefore necessary‚ to understand the nature of the relationship between dividend and value of the firm. It is in the light of this that the study examines the possible effects of a firm’s dividend policy on the market price of its common stock with reference to
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Running Head: DIVIDENDS AND DIVIDEND POLICY: DOES DIVIDEND Dividends and Dividend Policy: Does Dividend Policy Matter Ronald Jones University of Phoenix August 21‚ 2011 Dividends and Dividend Policy: Does Dividend Policy Matter According to Investor Dictionary‚ corporate finance is the specific area of finance dealing with the financial decisions corporations make‚ and the tools and analysis used to make the decisions. It may be divided as a whole between long term‚ capital
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The dividend irrelevance theory is a concept that is based on the premise that the dividend policy of a given company should not be considered particularly important by investors. Further‚ the terms of that dividend policy should not have any bearing on the price of the shares of stock issued by that company. With this particular financial theory‚ the idea is that investors can always sell a portion of their shares if they want to generate some amount of cash flow. As with most investment theories
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