Earnings and dividends

• Main Authors: Ang, Boon Heng, Kat, Poh Choo, Lim, May Yee
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Accounting
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51468
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Dividends and dividend-related matters are much researched finance topics. This study seeks to examine whether earnings are correlated to dividend changes as well as whether dividend changes have informational content. Lintner (1956) found that a firm’s bottom line net income is the key determina...