 Dividend announcements, share returns and trading volumes on the Johannesburg Stock ExchangeAndile Nyandeni, Alastair Marais and Kerry McCullough Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting, 2024, vol. 14, issue 5, 735-756 Abstract: Dividend decisions are known to relate to firm value; however, empirical literature has found both positive and negative impacts on value. These impacts indicate that local context is a relevant consideration. Firm value is typically considered with share prices, however, trading volume offers additional nuance to the understanding of dividend decisions. This article analyses dividend announcement of firms listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) under a market model and event study approach. We consider 869 dividend events between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2018. Findings show support for the information content of dividends hypothesis on the JSE, revealing that dividends convey price and volume sensitive information to the market. Share prices reacted positively to 'dividend increases' and the 'no change in dividend' announcements. The 'dividend decrease' category showed a negative share price reaction. Trading volumes increase around the announcement of all three dividend events. Keywords: dividend policy; share returns; trading volume; market model; event study; Johannesburg Stock Exchange; JSE. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:afasfa:v:14:y:2024:i:5:p:735-756 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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