Essays about: "abnormal dividend increases"
Found 2 essays containing the words abnormal dividend increases.
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1. Abnormal Dividend Increases – Do they Signal?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : ABSTRACT Title: Abnormal Dividend Increases – Do they Signal? - An assessment of the signaling value in dividend increases which deviate from a firm’s historical dividend policy Seminar date: 2016-06-02 Course: BUSN 89: Degree Project in Corporate and Financial Management – Master Level, 15 University Credit Points (15ECTS) Authors: Fossum Niklas, Fridlund Johan, Skog Magnus Advisor: Håkan Jankensgård Key words: Historical dividend policy, signaling value, abnormal stock returns, earnings levels, regular dividend increases, abnormal dividend increases, Swedish market Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to examine dividend increases that are large compared to the company’s historical dividend policy. The aim is to try to bring clarity to how this will affect the stock price and the earnings level of the company. READ MORE
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2. Predictable dividends - Empirical support for the predictability of quarterly dividend increases using accounting data, financial distress predictions and smoothing behaviour
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : We investigate whether, and show support for that, quarterly dividend increases can be predicted using accounting data combined with smoothing behaviour and financial distress predictions. The empirical findings are achieved through the development of a probabilistic model for dividend increase prediction with data for U.S. READ MORE
