An Empirical Study On The Relationship Between Dividend Changes & Future Earning Of The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Listed Companies

This thesis is concerned with dividend signaling hypothesis which claims that dividends changes have information content and can be used to signal firms’ future prospects. Initially, it was found that dividend change did not support the signaling hypothesis and failed to indicate future earning dire...

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Main Author: Lee, Vooi Ling
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2004
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description This thesis is concerned with dividend signaling hypothesis which claims that dividends changes have information content and can be used to signal firms’ future prospects. Initially, it was found that dividend change did not support the signaling hypothesis and failed to indicate future earning direction. However when the dividend increased magnitude is taken into consideration, it signals a complex relationship. Small dividend increases will signal future earning increases; whereas large dividend increases will signal future earning decreases.
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spelling usm-257152020-10-07T02:50:08Z http://eprints.usm.my/25715/ An Empirical Study On The Relationship Between Dividend Changes & Future Earning Of The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Listed Companies Lee, Vooi Ling HF5001-6182 Business This thesis is concerned with dividend signaling hypothesis which claims that dividends changes have information content and can be used to signal firms’ future prospects. Initially, it was found that dividend change did not support the signaling hypothesis and failed to indicate future earning direction. However when the dividend increased magnitude is taken into consideration, it signals a complex relationship. Small dividend increases will signal future earning increases; whereas large dividend increases will signal future earning decreases. 2004 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/25715/1/AN_EMPIRICAL_STUDY_ON_THE_RELATIONSHIP_BETWEEN_DIVIDEND_CHANGES_%26_FUTURE_EARNING_OF_THE_KUALA_LUMPUR_STOCK_EXCHANGE_LISTED_COMPANIES.pdf Lee, Vooi Ling (2004) An Empirical Study On The Relationship Between Dividend Changes & Future Earning Of The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Listed Companies. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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Lee, Vooi Ling
An Empirical Study On The Relationship Between Dividend Changes & Future Earning Of The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Listed Companies
title An Empirical Study On The Relationship Between Dividend Changes & Future Earning Of The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Listed Companies
title_full An Empirical Study On The Relationship Between Dividend Changes & Future Earning Of The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Listed Companies
title_fullStr An Empirical Study On The Relationship Between Dividend Changes & Future Earning Of The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Listed Companies
title_full_unstemmed An Empirical Study On The Relationship Between Dividend Changes & Future Earning Of The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Listed Companies
title_short An Empirical Study On The Relationship Between Dividend Changes & Future Earning Of The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Listed Companies
title_sort empirical study on the relationship between dividend changes & future earning of the kuala lumpur stock exchange listed companies
topic HF5001-6182 Business
url http://eprints.usm.my/25715/
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