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099 9 _aAIT RSPR no.SM-15-14
100 1 _aTahir, Muhammad
245 1 0 _aDeterminants of dividend payout :
_bevidence from the oil and gas industry of Pakistan
260 _aPathum Thani, Thailand :
_bAsian Institute of Technology,
_c2015
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490 1 _aResearch studies project report ;
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500 _aA research submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration
502 _aResearch report (M. BA.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2015
520 _aThis study aims to investigate the determinants of dividend payout in Oil and Gas industry of Pakistan. Secondary data from published annual reports of eleven (11) Oil and Gas companies listed on Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) covering the time period from 2008 - 2014 has been used. Depe ndent variable of this study is dividend payout whereas explanatory variables include profitability, firm size , financial leverage, sales growth, investment opportunities, liquidity, business risk, and ownership structure . Panel data technique is used due to panel characteristics of the data. Ordinary least square (OLS) reg ression model has been used to find the impact of set of explanatory variables on the dividend payou t using the Stata . OLS regression results suggest that financial leverage, sales growth and business risk are the most significant variables of the study. Financial leverage and business risk are found to have significant negative effect on dividend payout while sales growth has favorable impact on divid end payout. Other significant variables include profitability, firm size and government owners hip. Results reveal significant positive link of profitability and firm size with dividend payout whereas government ow nership is negatively associated with divid end payout. Investment opportunities, liquidity and managerial ownership showed insignificant relationship with dividend payout
650 0 _aPetroleum industry and trade
_zPakistan
650 0 _aDividends
_zPakistan
700 0 _aSupasith Chonglerttham,
_eChairperson
700 0 _aJuthathip Jongwanich,
_eExamination Committee
700 1 _aBadir, Yuosre,
_eExamination Committee
710 2 _aUniversity of Turbat, Pakistan,
_eScholarship donor
810 2 _aAsian Institute of Technology.
_tResearch studies project report ;
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