The determinants of dividend policy in food and beverages industry: evidence from Malaysia (2006-2015) / Muhammad Firdaus Hamdan

Many studies have been conducted in corporate finance regarding Dividend Policy. Dividend policy has been perceived as the genuine subject in the account territory as much research has been finished by past writing. This paper provides insights regarding the determinants of Dividend Policy in Food a...

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Main Author: Hamdan, Muhammad Firdaus
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2016
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spelling my-uitm-ir.954422024-05-17T07:59:13Z The determinants of dividend policy in food and beverages industry: evidence from Malaysia (2006-2015) / Muhammad Firdaus Hamdan 2016 Hamdan, Muhammad Firdaus Dissertations, Academic. Preparation of theses Many studies have been conducted in corporate finance regarding Dividend Policy. Dividend policy has been perceived as the genuine subject in the account territory as much research has been finished by past writing. This paper provides insights regarding the determinants of Dividend Policy in Food and Beverages Industry in Malaysia. This study used data of 31 Public Listed Companies in F&B Industry in Malaysia respectively from 2006 to 2015. The Dividend Pay-out Ratio was used as the dependent variable while Liquidity, Profitability, Leverage, Investment Opportunities and Maturity were used as independent variables. It was found out that Investment Opportunities, Maturity and Firm Size were statistically significant affecting Dividend Policy in Food and Beverages Industry in Malaysia while the rest variable were found insignificant. 2016 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/95442/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/95442/1/95442.PDF text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA, Negeri Sembilan Faculty of Business Management
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
topic Dissertations, Academic
Preparation of theses
spellingShingle Dissertations, Academic
Preparation of theses
Hamdan, Muhammad Firdaus
The determinants of dividend policy in food and beverages industry: evidence from Malaysia (2006-2015) / Muhammad Firdaus Hamdan
description Many studies have been conducted in corporate finance regarding Dividend Policy. Dividend policy has been perceived as the genuine subject in the account territory as much research has been finished by past writing. This paper provides insights regarding the determinants of Dividend Policy in Food and Beverages Industry in Malaysia. This study used data of 31 Public Listed Companies in F&B Industry in Malaysia respectively from 2006 to 2015. The Dividend Pay-out Ratio was used as the dependent variable while Liquidity, Profitability, Leverage, Investment Opportunities and Maturity were used as independent variables. It was found out that Investment Opportunities, Maturity and Firm Size were statistically significant affecting Dividend Policy in Food and Beverages Industry in Malaysia while the rest variable were found insignificant.
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author Hamdan, Muhammad Firdaus
author_facet Hamdan, Muhammad Firdaus
author_sort Hamdan, Muhammad Firdaus
title The determinants of dividend policy in food and beverages industry: evidence from Malaysia (2006-2015) / Muhammad Firdaus Hamdan
title_short The determinants of dividend policy in food and beverages industry: evidence from Malaysia (2006-2015) / Muhammad Firdaus Hamdan
title_full The determinants of dividend policy in food and beverages industry: evidence from Malaysia (2006-2015) / Muhammad Firdaus Hamdan
title_fullStr The determinants of dividend policy in food and beverages industry: evidence from Malaysia (2006-2015) / Muhammad Firdaus Hamdan
title_full_unstemmed The determinants of dividend policy in food and beverages industry: evidence from Malaysia (2006-2015) / Muhammad Firdaus Hamdan
title_sort determinants of dividend policy in food and beverages industry: evidence from malaysia (2006-2015) / muhammad firdaus hamdan
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA, Negeri Sembilan
granting_department Faculty of Business Management
publishDate 2016
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/95442/1/95442.PDF
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