emeraldinsight.com/0307-4358.htm Explanatory factors of bank dividend policy: revisited John Theis and Amitabh S. Dutta D. Abbott Turner College of Business‚ Columbus State University‚ Columbus‚ Georgia‚ USA Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dickens et al. model of bank holding company dividend policy. They identified five explanatory factors in a sample of bank holding companies (BHCs). Banking companies typically pay larger dividends and more often than industrial firms
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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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Determinants of Dividend Policy in the UK Badar Khalid Al Shabibi Faculty‚ Accounting & Finance‚ Department of Business Studies Ibra College of Technology‚ Sultanate of Oman E-mail: baderkh14@hotmail.com Tel: +968-95142254; Fax: +968-25587950 G Ramesh Faculty‚ Accounting & Finance‚ Department of Business Studies Ibra College of Technology‚ Sultanate of Oman E-mail: drrameshg@gmail.com Tel: +968-96149365; Fax: +968-25587950 Abstract This research aims to examine the factors which affect dividend policy for nonfinancial
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ABSTRACT The dividend Decision is one of the core elements of modern corporate financial management. A reasonable dividend Decision will help the company in the capital markets and establish a good corporate image for the company’s long-term development and create favorable conditions for the listed company’s financial decision-making‚ dividend Decision has a positive significance. Appropriate dividend distribution Decision can not only set a good corporate image‚ but also to build the confidence
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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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Dividend policy Dividend policy is concerned with taking a decision regarding paying cash dividend in the present or paying an increased dividend at a later stage. The firm could also pay in the form of stock dividends which unlike cash dividends do not provide liquidity to the investors‚ however‚ it ensures capital gains to the stockholders. The expectations of dividends by shareholders helps them determine the share value‚ therefore‚ dividend policy is a significant decision taken by the financial
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Dividend Policy Dividend policy Executive summary Once a company makes a profit‚ they must decide on what to do with those profits. They could continue to retain the profits within the company‚ or they could pay out the profits to the owners of the firm in the form of dividends. Once the company decides on whether to pay dividends‚ they may establish a somewhat permanent dividend policy‚ which may in turn affect investors and perceptions of the company in the financial
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An Empirical Analysis of Dividend Payout Policy Indian Corporate ABSTRACT In the present paper an attempt has been made to assess the dividend payout policies of Indian Companies. For the purpose of study BSE Sensex -30 companies have been selected as sample for the study. To study impact of profitability‚ liquidity and size of business on dividend payout regression analysis were carried out. An attempt has also been made to calculate estimated dividend payout based on regression results
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THE EFFECT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON THE MARKET PRICE OF SHARES IN NIGERIA: CASE STUDY OF FIFTEEN QUOTED COMPANIES By Dr. J. J. Adefila Department of Accountancy‚ University of Maiduguri‚ Dr. J. A. Oladipo and J.O Adeoti‚ Both of the Department of Business Administration‚ University of Ilorin ABSTRACT The issue of how much a 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 best
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THE ROLE OF DIVIDEND POLICY IN STOCK PRICE DETERMINATION IN TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY: THE CASE OF PLDT AND GLOBE FATIMA KAYE A. DE CHAVEZ‚ LORELLA A. ESPELETA and LESLIE JOY A. PATIO College of Business and Accountancy University of Batangas ABSTRACT The issue of how much a 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 best dividend payout ratio the firm can adopt
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