Are dividend changes signal to changes in firm's future profitability
The general objective of this paper is to examine whether changes in dividends are informative about a firm’s future earnings. This study uses the sample data of Malaysian public listed firms that have payout dividend from the period of year 2001 to 2009. The information content of dividend hypothes...
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| Format: | Final Year Project Report |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
2012
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/23871/1/Lan%20Wei%20Hua%20ft.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/23871/ |
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| Summary: | The general objective of this paper is to examine whether changes in dividends are informative about a firm’s future earnings. This study uses the sample data of Malaysian public listed firms that have payout dividend from the period of year 2001 to 2009. The information content of dividend hypothesis is being investigated using linear models. The finding results show that dividend changes are
only provides little information to the firms’ future profitability in Malaysia market. |
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