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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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Main Author: Lan, Wei Hua.
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2012
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HG Finance
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spelling my.unimas.ir.238712024-03-07T03:02:38Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/23871/ Are dividend changes signal to changes in firm's future profitability Lan, Wei Hua. HG Finance 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. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2012 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/23871/1/Lan%20Wei%20Hua%20ft.pdf Lan, Wei Hua. (2012) Are dividend changes signal to changes in firm's future profitability. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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Lan, Wei Hua.
Are dividend changes signal to changes in firm's future profitability
description 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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author Lan, Wei Hua.
author_facet Lan, Wei Hua.
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title Are dividend changes signal to changes in firm's future profitability
title_short Are dividend changes signal to changes in firm's future profitability
title_full Are dividend changes signal to changes in firm's future profitability
title_fullStr Are dividend changes signal to changes in firm's future profitability
title_full_unstemmed Are dividend changes signal to changes in firm's future profitability
title_sort are dividend changes signal to changes in firm's future profitability
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2012
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/23871/1/Lan%20Wei%20Hua%20ft.pdf
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