Self-Selection Models in Determination of Target Dividend Payout Ratio of Real Estate Domestic Companies Quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange

Real estate companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in recent years have changed their policy to pro-dividend and more and more often make decisions to pay increasing dividends. Hence a question arises about the target dividend payout ratio of these companies. In the article the Heckman model...

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Main Authors: Mieczysław Kowerski, Jarosław Bielak
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Language:English
Published: Akademia Zamojska 2018-06-01
Series:Barometr Regionalny
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Online Access:https://czaz.akademiazamojska.edu.pl/index.php/br/article/view/390
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description Real estate companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in recent years have changed their policy to pro-dividend and more and more often make decisions to pay increasing dividends. Hence a question arises about the target dividend payout ratio of these companies. In the article the Heckman model was proposed for estimating the target dividend payout ratio. It derives from the self-selection concept, which consists of two equations: probit equation of propensity to pay dividend and Lintner’s partial adjustment equation. The conducted research has shown that Heckman’s self-selection model proved to be a very good tool for analyzing dividend decisions not only because of formal properties ensuring the consistency of the parameters estimator but also because of an accurate description of the decision process, which is of a two-step nature (decision on payment — determining the payout level). This led to the conclusion that more willing to pay dividends for a given year were real estate domestic companies, which paid dividends for the previous year (sticky dividend effect) and were more profitable and that the relation between the market value to book value of assets ratio (Tobin’s q ratio), and the propensity to pay dividends has an inverted U shape. The calculated target dividend payout ratio was 66,7% and the calculated speed of adjustment alpha = 0,626 indicates relatively slow reaching of the target.
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spelling doaj-art-9d7c2249bc6d42dfb04466b9779e9ffd2025-08-20T03:31:38ZengAkademia ZamojskaBarometr Regionalny2956-686X2018-06-0116110.56583/br.390Self-Selection Models in Determination of Target Dividend Payout Ratio of Real Estate Domestic Companies Quoted on the Warsaw Stock ExchangeMieczysław Kowerski0Jarosław Bielak1University of Management and Administration in ZamośćUniversity of Management and Administration in Zamość Real estate companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in recent years have changed their policy to pro-dividend and more and more often make decisions to pay increasing dividends. Hence a question arises about the target dividend payout ratio of these companies. In the article the Heckman model was proposed for estimating the target dividend payout ratio. It derives from the self-selection concept, which consists of two equations: probit equation of propensity to pay dividend and Lintner’s partial adjustment equation. The conducted research has shown that Heckman’s self-selection model proved to be a very good tool for analyzing dividend decisions not only because of formal properties ensuring the consistency of the parameters estimator but also because of an accurate description of the decision process, which is of a two-step nature (decision on payment — determining the payout level). This led to the conclusion that more willing to pay dividends for a given year were real estate domestic companies, which paid dividends for the previous year (sticky dividend effect) and were more profitable and that the relation between the market value to book value of assets ratio (Tobin’s q ratio), and the propensity to pay dividends has an inverted U shape. The calculated target dividend payout ratio was 66,7% and the calculated speed of adjustment alpha = 0,626 indicates relatively slow reaching of the target. https://czaz.akademiazamojska.edu.pl/index.php/br/article/view/390real estate domestic companiesWarsaw Stock Exchangeself-selection modelpropensity to pay dividendstarget dividend payout ratio
spellingShingle Mieczysław Kowerski
Jarosław Bielak
Self-Selection Models in Determination of Target Dividend Payout Ratio of Real Estate Domestic Companies Quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
Barometr Regionalny
real estate domestic companies
Warsaw Stock Exchange
self-selection model
propensity to pay dividends
target dividend payout ratio
title Self-Selection Models in Determination of Target Dividend Payout Ratio of Real Estate Domestic Companies Quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
title_full Self-Selection Models in Determination of Target Dividend Payout Ratio of Real Estate Domestic Companies Quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
title_fullStr Self-Selection Models in Determination of Target Dividend Payout Ratio of Real Estate Domestic Companies Quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
title_full_unstemmed Self-Selection Models in Determination of Target Dividend Payout Ratio of Real Estate Domestic Companies Quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
title_short Self-Selection Models in Determination of Target Dividend Payout Ratio of Real Estate Domestic Companies Quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
title_sort self selection models in determination of target dividend payout ratio of real estate domestic companies quoted on the warsaw stock exchange
topic real estate domestic companies
Warsaw Stock Exchange
self-selection model
propensity to pay dividends
target dividend payout ratio
url https://czaz.akademiazamojska.edu.pl/index.php/br/article/view/390
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