Determinants of Dividend Payout in Ethiopian Private Banks
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2018-01
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This research is investigating the determinants of dividend payout in Ethiopian private banks. Ten years data from 2007/08 to 2016/17 were collected from National Bank of Ethiopia’s reports and banks audited financial statement.Eight private banks are selected. The variables that are used in the study are dividend payout as dependent variable and independent variables are capital adequacy, loan to deposit, leverage, liquidity, growth, size and lagged dividend payout. The collected data were analyzed using panel data regression technique. The finding indicated that among the seven independent variables; lagged dividend payout, leverage and liquidity have no statistical significant impact on dividend payout while loan to deposit, capital adequacy and size have positive and statistically significant impact on dividend payment and growth have negative statistically significant impact on dividend payout. So the board of directors and managers should be able to take the the positive and significant variables that determine the dividend payout in designing and implimenting their dividend policy.
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A thesis submitted to the department of accounting and
Finance (A.A.U) in partial fulfillment for the requirement of
The degree of Master of Science in accounting & finance
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Dividend payout, Firm size, Leverage, Liquidity