Effect of Dividend Policy on Share Holders Wealth: A Study of Sugar Industry in Pakistan

Mohammad Salman Sarwar

Effect of Dividend Policy on Share Holders Wealth: A Study of Sugar Industry in Pakistan

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Effect of Dividend Policy on Share Holders Wealth: A Study of Sugar Industry in Pakistan

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The present paper focuses on the impact of dividend policy on shareholder’s wealth in sugar industries of Pakistan. For this study we have selected the sample of 33 listed companies of sugar industry out of 36 at Karachi Stock Exchange from the food and producers sector. The data is collected for the period of 6 years from the year 2006 to 2011. For this study descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis is used by taking dividend per share (DPS), earnings per share(EPS), Lagged Market Price Ratio (LMPR), Lagged Price Earnings Ratio (LPER) Price Earnings Ratio (PER) Retained Earnings Ratio (RER) as independent variables and market price per share (MPS) as dependent variable. The R2 shows that 99% variations in MPS are due to the explanatory variables. The p value of the f statistic shows that all the regressors have jointly significant relationship with dependent variable (MPS).

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Mohammad Salman Sarwar. 2013. "Effect of Dividend Policy on Share Holders Wealth: A Study of Sugar Industry in Pakistan". Global Journal of Management and Business Research - C: Finance GJMBR-C Volume 13 (GJMBR Volume 13 Issue C7).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJMBR

Print ISSN 0975-5853

e-ISSN 2249-4588

Keywords

dividend per share (DPS)dividend policy market price per share (MPS)Pakistan price earnings ratio (PER)Shareholders’ Wealth

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GJMBR-C Classification JEL Code: L16

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Submission ReceivedDecember 14, 2012
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Accepted January 5, 2013
Published January 15, 2013

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