Determinants of the Dividend Payout Policy of Stock Companies within the European Union

Patrick Arndt and Zuzana Kucerova
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Patrick Arndt: Department of Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2019, vol. 67, issue 6, 1515-1524

Abstract: The problem-field dividend payout policy is a very complex issue. Particular within the low-interest phase in Europe, the significance of this issue is growing for all investors, equal to whether private or institutional investors. The aim of this study is to research the European area to provide a contribution to a region, which, unfortunately, has given sparse attention in the past. In order to ensure the relevance for this exploration, the major European stock index Euro Stoxx 600 has been used. The results of the multiple linear regression show the unequal dividend distribution between stock companies from the industrial sector and the service sector. Besides, it has shown that institutional investors play as well a significant role within the dividend policy in European public companies. Furthermore, the net income of a corporation influenced in all previous analysis the dividend reimbursement, which could be confirmed through this paper as well. Regarding the previous studies, this paper provides an additional source for further studies which also occupy with this complicated question.

Keywords: dividend payout policy; Euro Stoxx 600; European Union; stock companies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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