<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors influencing the level of dividend payments in the companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 1998-2017 as well as to provide empirical evidence for their significance, using a panel data approach. The object of research comprised the companies listed on WSE, as of February 01, 2019. The subject of the analysis are the dividends paid by the companies and the factors potentially influencing the decisions regarding profit distribution. The models estimated for the panel data, based on the theory, allowed selection of the best model, which is the random-effects model. Moreover, these models allowed identification of the factors determining the changes in the level of dividend per share. The best model was the random-effects model. This model allowed identification of the factors impacting the changes in the level of dividend per share, that is, the value of the company’s total assets and the history of the company’s operation on the stock exchange market. All structural parameters (except the intercept) were positive. It means that growth of each of these variables causes an increase in the dividend per share.</p></abstract>

The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors influencing the level of dividend payments in the companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 1998-2017 as well as to provide empirical evidence for their significance, using a panel data approach. The object of research comprised the companies listed on WSE, as of February 01, 2019. The subject of the analysis are the dividends paid by the companies and the factors potentially influencing the decisions regarding profit distribution. The models estimated for the panel data, based on the theory, allowed selection of the best model, which is the random-effects model. Moreover, these models allowed identification of the factors determining the changes in the level of dividend per share. The best model was the random-effects model. This model allowed identification of the factors impacting the changes in the level of dividend per share, that is, the value of the company’s total assets and the history of the company’s operation on the stock exchange market. All structural parameters (except the intercept) were positive. It means that growth of each of these variables causes an increase in the dividend per share.

Determinants of Corporate Dividend Policy in Polish Companies Listed on WSE

Faculty of Management, Department of Corporate Finance

Faculty of Management, Department of Econometrics

Financial Internet Quarterly

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The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors influencing the level of dividend payments in the companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in...

Determinants of Corporate Dividend Policy in Polish Companies Listed on WSE

Published Online: Oct 04, 2019

Page range: 47 - 55

Received: Mar 01, 2018

Accepted: Aug 24, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fiqf-2019-0019

Keywords
dividend policy, economic factors, corporate payout, panel data modelling

© 2019 Magdalena Gostkowska-Drzewicka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Determinants of Corporate Dividend Policy in Polish Companies Listed on WSE

Published Online: Oct 04, 2019

Page range: 47 - 55

Received: Mar 01, 2018

Accepted: Aug 24, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fiqf-2019-0019

Keywordsdividend policy, economic factors, corporate payout, panel data modelling

© 2019 Magdalena Gostkowska-Drzewicka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
dividend policy, economic factors, corporate payout, panel data modelling