A study on determinants of dividend policy in Sarawak based public listed companies

This study attempts to contribute to a controversy on the issue ofdividend policy among the financial community by examining the determinants of dividend policy for Sarawak based companies listed in the Bursa Malaysia. A sample of 13 firms was selected for the period 2002 to 2010 with 108 observatio...

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Main Author:	Mohamad Haniz, Bin Osman
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	HG Finance
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9056/3/A%20Study%20On%20Determinants%20of%20Dividend%20Policy%20In%20Sarawak%20Based%20Public%20Listed%20Companies.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.90562023-03-29T04:02:55Z A study on determinants of dividend policy in Sarawak based public listed companies 2012 Mohamad Haniz, Bin Osman HG Finance This study attempts to contribute to a controversy on the issue ofdividend policy among the financial community by examining the determinants of dividend policy for Sarawak based companies listed in the Bursa Malaysia. A sample of 13 firms was selected for the period 2002 to 2010 with 108 observations is included in the analysiV The financial data of these companies was analyzed by regressing the net income, free cash flow, total debt, total asset to the dividend yield Based on the results, all selected independent variables had indicated a significant relationship with dividend yield and considered to be the important determinants in the study. A positive association with dividend yield had only been found in the net profit which also consistence with the prediction in the developed hypotheses. Two variables which are the free cash flow and total asset have shown a negative association with dividend yield and inconsistent with the positive sign predicted in the hypotheses. Univerisiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2012 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9056/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9056/3/A%20Study%20On%20Determinants%20of%20Dividend%20Policy%20In%20Sarawak%20Based%20Public%20Listed%20Companies.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) Faculty of Economics and Business
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description	This study attempts to contribute to a controversy on the issue ofdividend policy among the financial community by examining the determinants of dividend policy for Sarawak based companies listed in the Bursa Malaysia. A sample of 13 firms was selected for the period 2002 to 2010 with 108 observations is included in the analysiV The financial data of these companies was analyzed by regressing the net income, free cash flow, total debt, total asset to the dividend yield Based on the results, all selected independent variables had indicated a significant relationship with dividend yield and considered to be the important determinants in the study. A positive association with dividend yield had only been found in the net profit which also consistence with the prediction in the developed hypotheses. Two variables which are the free cash flow and total asset have shown a negative association with dividend yield and inconsistent with the positive sign predicted in the hypotheses.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mohamad Haniz, Bin Osman
author_facet	Mohamad Haniz, Bin Osman
author_sort	Mohamad Haniz, Bin Osman
title	A study on determinants of dividend policy in Sarawak based public listed companies
title_short	A study on determinants of dividend policy in Sarawak based public listed companies
title_full	A study on determinants of dividend policy in Sarawak based public listed companies
title_fullStr	A study on determinants of dividend policy in Sarawak based public listed companies
title_full_unstemmed	A study on determinants of dividend policy in Sarawak based public listed companies
title_sort	study on determinants of dividend policy in sarawak based public listed companies
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
granting_department	Faculty of Economics and Business
publishDate	2012
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9056/3/A%20Study%20On%20Determinants%20of%20Dividend%20Policy%20In%20Sarawak%20Based%20Public%20Listed%20Companies.pdf
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A study on determinants of dividend policy in Sarawak based public listed companies

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