文章以2004-2008年沪深A股上市公司为研究样本,系统性地检验了行业因素对上市公司现金股利政策的影响。研究发现:行业前期现金股利支付对本期企业现金股利的支付意愿和支付水平产生显著的正向影响;行业竞争程度、行业自信水平对企业的股利支付意愿和支付水平产生负向影响;行业股利需求偏好、行业所处的生命周期并不影响企业当期的现金股利政策。国家分红政策效应的强化会使企业现金股利决策更加依赖行业因素。
Based on the data of Chinese listed companies from 2004 to 2008,the paper systematically tests the effects of industrial characteristics on cash dividend policy.The empirical results are as follows: firstly,the prior-year industrial cash dividend payout has a significantly positive effect on the propensity to pay cash dividends and levels of dividend payments in current period;secondly,the degrees of industrial competition and industrial confidence have negative effects on the propensity to pay cash dividen...