Dividend changes and information about future profitability: an application of difference GMM

Tai-Yuan Chen () and Lie-Jane Kao

Applied Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 21, issue 7, 505-508

Abstract: This research examines whether dividend changes convey information about future profitability. The difference GMM approach is employed to overcome the heterogeneity and endogeneity problems inherent in dynamic panel data models. Our evidence shows that previous abnormal earnings are a good predictor for subsequent abnormal earnings. Other than previous abnormal earnings, only dividend increases are strongly related to future profitability. Subsequent to dividend increases, profitability can last for four years. On the other hand, dividend decreases, initiations and omissions tend to reflect only concurrent profit performance. It is possible that previous abnormal earnings convey the most information about subsequent profitability, undermining the signalling of the dividend changes.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.870648

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