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Dividend Practices in Listed Companies: Study on the Manufacturing Sector of Bangladesh

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  • Islam Mohammad Shahidul

    (Ph.D., associate professor, finance, Department of Business Administration, BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology (BUFT), Nishatnagar, Turag, Dhaka-1230, Bangladesh. Phone: 8801758-075844.)

  • Adnan Atm

    (M.Sc., MBA, assistant professor, accounting and finance, Department of Business Administration, BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology (BUFT), Nishatnagar, Turag, Dhaka-1230, Bangladesh. Phone: 8801843770138.)

Abstract

The dividend model of the listed manufacturing firms and the organizational policies related to dividend decisions are analyzed to reveal the contemporary state of the payout pattern in the capital market of Bangladesh. This study exhibits the settings of dividend disbursement in association with the diverse aspects of the firm such as industry segment of the firm, the age of the firms, size, leverage, risk, and earnings.

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  • Islam Mohammad Shahidul & Adnan Atm, 2019. "Dividend Practices in Listed Companies: Study on the Manufacturing Sector of Bangladesh," Management of Organizations: Systematic Research, Sciendo, vol. 81(1), pages 1-19, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:morgsr:v:81:y:2019:i:1:p:1-19:n:1
    DOI: 10.1515/mosr-2019-0001
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