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Catering Approach to the Dividend Payment Policy on the Warsaw Stock Exchange

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Pieloch-Babiarz A.

Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy

2015

vol. 10

issue 2

183-206

Dividend payment policy is a significant issue of neoclassical theories of finance. One of the concepts which poses a challenge tothe neoclassical approach to dividend payment policy is behavioural finance, including a catering theory of dividends. The aim of the article is to examine whether and to what extent the catering theory of dividends is reflected in the behaviour of shareholders and managers on the WSE. The opportunity to accomplish the aim of this paper was conditioned by the empirical verification of research hypothesis stipulating that the number of dividend payers increases if the dividend payers are priced by the capital market higher that the nonpayers. The empirical verification of hypothesis was conducted basing on the equal- and value-weighted dividend premium as well as dividend payment ratios. Moreover, descriptive statistics, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, linear regression and coefficient of determination were used. The study was carried out on the basis of companies operating in the electromechanical industry sector that were listed on the WSE in the period between 1999-2013. The figures were taken from the Stock Exchange Yearbooks, Notoria Serwis database and GPWInfostrefa platform. The preliminary results of empirical research in the range of the catering theory of dividends allow to draw a conclusion that this theory may be useful in explaining the dividend policy conducted by electromechanical industry companies listed on the WSE.

Cateringowe aspekty wypłaty dywidendy a koniunktura giełdowa

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Pieloch-Babiarz A.

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio H – Oeconomia

2015

vol. 49

issue 4

This article attempts to find the answer to two research questions whether: 1) the rational behaviour of executives is manifested in the variable to the stock market situation propensity to pay dividends and 2) dividend preferences of investors depend on the situation on the stock market? In the article, there were formulated two hypotheses stating that: 1) during economic downturns relatively more companies initiate dividend payments, 2) during the “bear market” dividend companies are valued relatively higher. Preliminary results of empirical studies show that during the recession on capital market the share of companies that initiate dividend payments increase but dividend paying companies are not valued higher than the other companies.

Celem artykułu jest próba znalezienia odpowiedzi na dwa pytania badawcze: 1) czy racjonalne zachowania menedżerów przejawiają się w zmiennej względem koniunktury giełdowej skłonności spółek do wypłaty dywidendy oraz 2) czy preferencje dywidendowe inwestorów zależą od sytuacji na giełdzie? W artykule postawiono dwie hipotezy: 1) w okresach dekoniunktury giełdowej relatywnie więcej spółek inicjuje wypłatę dywidendy, 2) w trakcie trwania bessy na rynku kapitałowym inwestorzy giełdowi względnie wyżej wyceniają spółki dywidendowe. Wyniki wstępnych badań empirycznych wskazują, iż w okresie dekoniunktury giełdowej rośnie udział spółek inicjujących wypłatę dywidendy, jednak rynek kapitałowy nie wycenia spółek dywidendowych wyżej niż innych spółek.

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1 Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio H – Oeconomia

1 Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy

2 Pieloch-Babiarz A.

2 2015

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Catering Approach to the Dividend Payment Policy on the Warsaw Stock Exchange

Cateringowe aspekty wypłaty dywidendy a koniunktura giełdowa