The effect of dividend announcements on stock returns for companies listed on the main board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Nur Adiana Hiau, Abdul Rashid, Rosemaliza, Ibrahim, Yusnidah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2002
• Subjects: HG Finance
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/423/1/Nur_Adiana_Hiau_Abdullah.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/423/; http://mmj.uum.edu.my

Stock market reactions to the announcements of final dividend increases, decreases and no changes are empirically analyzed in an emerging market environment. A standard event study methodology is adopted to examine the price reactions of 120 listed companies surrounding sixty days of the announcemen...