The Paradox of Rising Dividend Payouts in a Recession: Evidence from Pakistan

This paper applies a probit model to a panel of 319 firms listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange over the period 1999–2010, and finds that changes in inflation have a statistically significant, positive impact on the probability of paying cash and bonus dividends. Inflation induces firms to revalue t...

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Main Author: Ijaz Hussain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lahore School of Economics 2013-05-01
Series:The Lahore Journal of Business
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Online Access:https://journals.lahoreschool.edu.pk/LJB/LJB/article/view/7
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