Dividend payment policy across food industry companies – the case of European economies

• Authors: Mądra-Sawicka Magdalena , Ulrichs Magdalena

Title variants

PL

Polityka wypłaty dywidendy w przedsiębiorstwach przemysłu spożywczego na przykładzie gospodarek europejskich

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of the paper is to examine the factors influencing the dividend payout policy. Our analysis is based on unbalanced panel data with 4 582 observations of companies from 35 countries over 20 years, 1999-2018. The study covers the companies that are listed on European stock exchange and also includes countries that are not in the EU. The factors that influence the dividend payment decision were identified. The advantage of a positive relationship between dividend payout is based mostly on the previous dividend payout decision. This shows the need to continue the undertaken dividend policy which reflects investors’ expectations in this sector. Overall, the evidence supports that the productivity of a food sector companies’ impact on the decision of dividend payment is even stronger that the level of profitability and size of a company. The debt level has a negative relationship with the dividend payout ratio. However, its impact was weak, mostly because of the low debt level in the case of food sector companies. Our evidence supports the agency and information asymmetry theory and contributes to international business research across intra-industry dividend policy characteristics.

PL

Celem artykułu jest określenie czynników wpływających na politykę wypłaty dywidendy. Przeprowadzona analiza została oparta na niezbilansowanych danych panelowych obejmujących 4 582 obserwacji firm z 35 krajów w ciągu 20 lat (1999-2018). Badaniami objęto spółki notowane na europejskich rynkach kapitałowych. W badaniu zidentyfikowano czynniki wpływające na decyzję o wypłacie dywidendy. Determinantą wypłaty dywidendy w bieżącym okresie była głównie decyzja o dalszej kontynuacji jej wypłaty. Odzwierciedla to oczekiwania inwestorów w tym sektorze. Przeprowadzone badania ponadto potwierdziły, iż poziom produktywności badanych przedsiębiorstw sektora spożywczego wpływał na decyzję o wypłacie dywidendy silniej niż poziom rentowności i sama wielkość tych przedsiębiorstw. Wyższy poziom zadłużenia był czynnikiem ograniczającym poziom wypłaty dywidendy, zmienna ta nie miała jednak aż tak znaczącego wpływu. Wynika to z niskiego poziomu zadłużenia przedsiębiorstw sektora spożywczego. Uzyskane wyniki potwierdzają założenia teorii agencji i asymetrii informacji oraz wpisują się w nurt międzynarodowych badań w zakresie rynków kapitałowych dotyczących charakterystyki polityki dywidendowej w ujęciu branżowym.

Keywords

EN

dividend policy; emerging economies; developed economies; panel tobit model; food sector

PL

polityka dywidendowa; gospodarki rozwijające się; gospodarki rozwinięte; model panelowy; sektor spożywczy

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Year: 2020
• Issue: vol. 64, nr 4
• Pages: 146-159

Contributors

author

Mądra-Sawicka Magdalena

author

Ulrichs Magdalena

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