Determinants of Corporate Dividend Policy: A Factorial Analysis

Kasim L Alli, Abdul Khan and Gabriel Ramirez

The Financial Review, 1993, vol. 28, issue 4, 523-47

Abstract: This paper re-examines the dividend policy issue by conducting a simultaneous test of the alternative explanations of corporate payout policy using a two-step procedure that involves factor analysis and multiple regression. Several new proxies for theoretical attributes that have appeared in the literature are introduced, including the role of managerial dimensions in determining dividend policy. Strong support is found for the transaction cost/residual theory of dividends, pecking order argument, and the role of dividends in mitigating agency problems. Strong support is also found for the role of managerial consideration in affecting the firm's payout policy; specifically, firms that maintain stable dividend policies and firms that enjoy financial flexibility pay higher dividends. The results appear to support the tax clientele argument. Copyright 1993 by MIT Press.

Date: 1993
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