摘要
ThisstudyexaminedthemodelingcorrelationbetweenshareholdersdividendandcorporateperformanceinNigeria.Thestudyemployedtheexpost-factoresearchdesign.Toobtainanswersontheresearchquestionsandtotestthehypothesesformulated,datawereobtainedfromannualreportsofcompanieslistedontheflooroftheNigeriaStockExchange(NSE)thatdisclosedacomparativestatementfortheperiodof2010to2016.Thedatacollectedwereanalyzedusingdescriptivestatistics.Specifically,simpleregressionanalysisandpairedsamplet-teststatisticswereusedtoanalyzethedata.Theresultsshowedthatthereisnosignificantcorrelationbetweenshareholdersdividendpayoutandtheexplanatoryvariablesinthemodel.TheseresultstakenasawholeindicatethatbankspaydividendinNigeriawiththeintentionofreducingtheagencyconflictandmaintainingfirms'reputation.Thestudyrecommendedthatsincethepaymentofdividendindicatesthefirmhavingagoodearningscapacity,managementshouldmaintainasteadyincreaseinearnings,cashflow,anddividendpaymentandestablishadividendpolicythatcanbeacceptablebyvariousstakeholders.
出版日期
2018年10月20日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
