The financial factors and the accounting implications of dividend policy: an empirical analysis of the greek firms listed in the Athens exchange

Abstract

The dividend policy deals with issues concerning the shareholders income the retained earnings and the financial policy of the firm. This PhD thesis records the views of Greek enterprises listed on the Athens Stock Exchange on their dividend policy using questionnaires. An important part of the PhD's empirical investigation on dividend policy is how the dividend policy decision making is implemented by the firm. In order to analyze the implementation of the dividend policy accounting analysis is introduced which deals with how companies handle their bookkeeping in order to report profits and calculate the final dividend which has an impact on a number of corporate parameters such as liquidity investments etc.. The empirical analysis contacted using the factor analysis methodology which is suitable for analyzing both objective - quantitative and subjective - qualitative data. The empirical investigation has been organized in five Hypotheses: H1. The dividend affects the share price (acc ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/27547
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/27547
ND
27547
Alternative title
Χρηματοοικονομικοί παράγοντες και λογιστική αποτύπωση της μερισματικής πολιτικής: εμπειρική διερεύνηση στις ελληνικές εισηγμένες επιχειρήσεις
Author
Πούτος, Ευάγγελος (Πατρώνυμο: Ιωάννης)
Date
2009
Degree Grantor
Hellenic Open University
Committee members
Βασιλείου Δημήτριος
Συριόπουλος Κωνσταντίνος
Αρτίκης Γεώργιος
Ηρειώτης Νικόλαος
Αλεξάκης Χρήστος
Σάμιτας Αριστείδης
Ελευθεριάδης Ιορδάνης
Discipline
Social Sciences
Economics and Business
Keywords
Dividend policy; Accounting; Finance; Financial factors; Questionnaire; Factor analysis; Greek firms listed in Athens exchange
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
vii, 389 σ., tbls., ch.
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