Corporate Dividend Policy and Behaviour: The Malaysian Evidence

Indra Pandey

No WP2001-11-01, IIMA Working Papers from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department

Abstract: This study examines corporate dividend policy and behaviour of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) companies. Our results confirm the influence of industry on payout ratios. We also find that payout ratios in a given industrial sector vary significantly across time. The results of multinomial logit analysis reveal that the KLSE companies’ dividend actions are sensitive to the changes in earnings. Probabilities of dividend increases, decreases and omissions are high, respectively, with earnings increases, decreases and losses. This causes volatility in dividend payments. The KLSE firms appear reluctant to omit dividend except when they suffer losses. Further, using Lintner’s framework and panel regression methodology, we find evidence in favour of regular, but less stable, dividend policies being pursued by the KLSE companies. This is contrary to the experiences of companies in the developed capital markets. The results of the two-way fixed firm and time effects model reveal that there are significant differences in dividend policies across individual firms and time.

Date: 2001-11-01
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