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  • DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THE ABNORMAL STOCK RETURNS FOR THE EVENT FIRM AND ITS RIVALS
    Muhammad Aamir and Syed Zullfiqar Ali Shah

     10.52283/NSWRCA.AJBMR.20110108A08

    ABSTRACT
    Impact of dividend announcement on stock prices is pronounced in various studies conducted by various researchers. Event study has been conducted in this paper on 26 announcements and the firms were belonging to cement and oil and gas sector of Pakistan. In this study data span of 2004-2008 has been covered. Impact of dividend announcement on stock prices of event and rival firms has been analysed and it has been found that dividend announcement depicts positive impact on share prices of the companies at the time of announcement as well as immediately after such announcements. Performance of event firms has been evaluated in comparison with its rival firms in this study in order to give better understanding of dividend announcement effect on the financial health of the companies. Overall, our results robust the findings of earlier research and as per theoretical background of the study. Our conclusion explains the significance of t-statistics values during this study.
    Keywords: dividend, stock prices, cement, oil, gas, performance, t-statistics

    Pages:72-76 :: Download-View
 
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