The paper seeks to extend Amidu and Abor We find that for the entire sample the dividend payout ratio is the function of profit margin, sales growth, debt-to-equity ratio, and tax. For firms in the Services industry the dividend payout ratio is the function of profit margin, sales growth, and debt-to-equity ratio. For manufacturing firms we find that dividend payout ratio is the function of profit margin, tax, and market-to-book ratio. We also found that the results are different when the dividend payout ratio is defined as the ratio between the cash dividend that the after-tax cash flow, not the after tax earnings of the companies.
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Gill et al. (2010) studied this question.
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