Analysis on Reasons Why Companies Pay Dividends

DOI

10.2991/msie-19.2020.4How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Agency theory, Signaling theory, Dividend

Abstract

This paper analyzes the reasons why corporations pay dividend. With the conduct of sample analysis, several opinions are proposed in the paper. Many researchers have put forward important theories, such as agency theory and signaling theory to explain the rationale behind dividend payment. Moreover, Apple’s stock performance and its dividend payout are analyzed to give a deeper insight into the existing theories. Lastly, this paper also provides advice on how to improve dividend policy. Further research will be made in the future

Copyright

© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Jiacheng Li
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TI  - Analysis on Reasons Why Companies Pay Dividends
BT  - Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Management Science and Industrial Economy (MSIE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 19
EP  - 22
SN  - 2352-5428
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