Determinant of dividend policy : evidence from Sarawak public listed companies

Dividend policy is an important decisions and well researched areas of Financial Management. However, there are very little research has been conducted in Malaysia, especially for Sarawak public listed companies. This research study investigates the detenninant driven dividend policy among Sarawak...

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Main Author:	Wong, Mee Nang
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	HG Finance
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10115/2/Mee%20%20%28fulltext%29.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.101152023-05-18T08:46:54Z Determinant of dividend policy : evidence from Sarawak public listed companies 2012 Wong, Mee Nang HG Finance Dividend policy is an important decisions and well researched areas of Financial Management. However, there are very little research has been conducted in Malaysia, especially for Sarawak public listed companies. This research study investigates the detenninant driven dividend policy among Sarawak public listed companies in Main Market This study examines the effect of cOIP.orate profitability, sales growth, leverage, free cash flow, finn size, liquidity, market-to-book value and profit after tax toward dividend policy among Sarawak public listed companies. The study used dividend payout ratio as proxy of dividend policy. The 25 companies incorporated in Sarawak listed on Main Market in Bursa Malaysia for year 2006-2010 is investigated. The study conducts Kendall's tau b Correlation Test to test the relationship between independent and dependent variables. The findings revealed that there are significant negative relationship between leverage and finn size toward dividend policy. The study provides evidence that leverage is the most important considerations of dividend payout decisions among Sarawak public listed companies . Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2012 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10115/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10115/2/Mee%20%20%28fulltext%29.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS Faculty of Economics and Business.
institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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spellingShingle	HG Finance Wong, Mee Nang Determinant of dividend policy : evidence from Sarawak public listed companies
description	Dividend policy is an important decisions and well researched areas of Financial Management. However, there are very little research has been conducted in Malaysia, especially for Sarawak public listed companies. This research study investigates the detenninant driven dividend policy among Sarawak public listed companies in Main Market This study examines the effect of cOIP.orate profitability, sales growth, leverage, free cash flow, finn size, liquidity, market-to-book value and profit after tax toward dividend policy among Sarawak public listed companies. The study used dividend payout ratio as proxy of dividend policy. The 25 companies incorporated in Sarawak listed on Main Market in Bursa Malaysia for year 2006-2010 is investigated. The study conducts Kendall's tau b Correlation Test to test the relationship between independent and dependent variables. The findings revealed that there are significant negative relationship between leverage and finn size toward dividend policy. The study provides evidence that leverage is the most important considerations of dividend payout decisions among Sarawak public listed companies .
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Wong, Mee Nang
author_facet	Wong, Mee Nang
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title	Determinant of dividend policy : evidence from Sarawak public listed companies
title_short	Determinant of dividend policy : evidence from Sarawak public listed companies
title_full	Determinant of dividend policy : evidence from Sarawak public listed companies
title_fullStr	Determinant of dividend policy : evidence from Sarawak public listed companies
title_full_unstemmed	Determinant of dividend policy : evidence from Sarawak public listed companies
title_sort	determinant of dividend policy : evidence from sarawak public listed companies
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS
granting_department	Faculty of Economics and Business.
publishDate	2012
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Determinant of dividend policy : evidence from Sarawak public listed companies

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