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  • 简介:ThisstudyexaminedthemodelingcorrelationbetweenshareholdersdividendandcorporateperformanceinNigeria.Thestudyemployedtheexpost-factoresearchdesign.Toobtainanswersontheresearchquestionsandtotestthehypothesesformulated,datawereobtainedfromannualreportsofcompanieslistedontheflooroftheNigeriaStockExchange(NSE)thatdisclosedacomparativestatementfortheperiodof2010to2016.Thedatacollectedwereanalyzedusingdescriptivestatistics.Specifically,simpleregressionanalysisandpairedsamplet-teststatisticswereusedtoanalyzethedata.Theresultsshowedthatthereisnosignificantcorrelationbetweenshareholdersdividendpayoutandtheexplanatoryvariablesinthemodel.TheseresultstakenasawholeindicatethatbankspaydividendinNigeriawiththeintentionofreducingtheagencyconflictandmaintainingfirms'reputation.Thestudyrecommendedthatsincethepaymentofdividendindicatesthefirmhavingagoodearningscapacity,managementshouldmaintainasteadyincreaseinearnings,cashflow,anddividendpaymentandestablishadividendpolicythatcanbeacceptablebyvariousstakeholders.

  • 标签: DIVIDEND payout bird-in-the-hand theory CORPORATE performance