The Impact of Dividend Policy on the Relationship Between Institutional Ownership and Stock Price Volatility: Evidence from Pakistan

This study aims to determine the effects of dividend policy on the relationship between institutional ownership and stock price volatility, based on a sample of 36 firms listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange over a seven-year period (2005–11). We use a fixed-effects model applied to panel data to in...

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Main Author: Atif Hussain
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Language:English
Published: Lahore School of Economics 2013-10-01
Series:The Lahore Journal of Business
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Online Access:https://journals.lahoreschool.edu.pk/LJB/LJB/article/view/13
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description This study aims to determine the effects of dividend policy on the relationship between institutional ownership and stock price volatility, based on a sample of 36 firms listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange over a seven-year period (2005–11). We use a fixed-effects model applied to panel data to investigate this relationship and find that institutional ownership has a negative relation with stock price volatility and a positive relation with the dividend payout ratio. The results also show that dividend payouts significantly affect the relationship between institutional ownership and stock price volatility. The mediating role of dividend policy between institutional ownership and stock price volatility reveals that institutional investors prefer to invest in low-volatility dividend-paying stock.
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spelling doaj-art-eb99a085c9a94d8a9c2503be6a155d8a2025-08-20T01:57:54ZengLahore School of EconomicsThe Lahore Journal of Business2223-00252791-31392013-10-0121The Impact of Dividend Policy on the Relationship Between Institutional Ownership and Stock Price Volatility: Evidence from PakistanAtif Hussain0The author is a doctoral candidate at Preston University in Kohat This study aims to determine the effects of dividend policy on the relationship between institutional ownership and stock price volatility, based on a sample of 36 firms listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange over a seven-year period (2005–11). We use a fixed-effects model applied to panel data to investigate this relationship and find that institutional ownership has a negative relation with stock price volatility and a positive relation with the dividend payout ratio. The results also show that dividend payouts significantly affect the relationship between institutional ownership and stock price volatility. The mediating role of dividend policy between institutional ownership and stock price volatility reveals that institutional investors prefer to invest in low-volatility dividend-paying stock. https://journals.lahoreschool.edu.pk/LJB/LJB/article/view/13Dividend policyinstitutional ownershipstock price volatilityPakistan
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The Impact of Dividend Policy on the Relationship Between Institutional Ownership and Stock Price Volatility: Evidence from Pakistan
The Lahore Journal of Business
Dividend policy
institutional ownership
stock price volatility
Pakistan
title The Impact of Dividend Policy on the Relationship Between Institutional Ownership and Stock Price Volatility: Evidence from Pakistan
title_full The Impact of Dividend Policy on the Relationship Between Institutional Ownership and Stock Price Volatility: Evidence from Pakistan
title_fullStr The Impact of Dividend Policy on the Relationship Between Institutional Ownership and Stock Price Volatility: Evidence from Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Dividend Policy on the Relationship Between Institutional Ownership and Stock Price Volatility: Evidence from Pakistan
title_short The Impact of Dividend Policy on the Relationship Between Institutional Ownership and Stock Price Volatility: Evidence from Pakistan
title_sort impact of dividend policy on the relationship between institutional ownership and stock price volatility evidence from pakistan
topic Dividend policy
institutional ownership
stock price volatility
Pakistan
url https://journals.lahoreschool.edu.pk/LJB/LJB/article/view/13
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