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Growth Opportunities, Capital Structure and Dividend Policy in Emerging Market: Indonesia Case Study  

DANILA, Nevi (College of Business Administration, Prince Sultan University)
NOREEN, Umara (College of Business Administration, Prince Sultan University)
AZIZAN, Noor Azlinna (College of Business Administration, Prince Sultan University)
FARID, Muhammad (STIE Malangkucecwara)
AHMED, Zaheer (Department of Business Administration, Iqra University Karachi)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.7, no.10, 2020 , pp. 1-8 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objective of the study is to investigate the effect of growth opportunities on capital structure and dividend policy in Indonesia. The study employs panel data of companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange that distribute dividends from 2007 to 2017. Fixed and random effect regression models are used. Findings based on growth opportunities on capital structure and dividend policy in Indonesia are in line with the existing theory (i.e., contracting theory). Growth opportunities have a significant negative correlation with debt ratio and dividend yield, which suggests that firms with high growth opportunities are discouraged to generate debt to resolve underinvestment and asset-substitution problem. Firms with more investment opportunities tend to adopt a low dividend payout policy because the cash flows will be used up for investment. The positive impact of firm size on leverage is due to the low bankruptcy risk and cost of a large company. Profitability has a positive impact on the dividend policy because profitable companies can reserve larger free cash flows and, thus, pay higher dividends. The positive influence of ownership on leverage is interpreted by the unwillingness of majority stockholders to commit to equity financing in order to avoid reducing the ownership and preserve control of the company.
Keywords
Growth Opportunities; Capital Structure; Dividend; Emerging Market; Leverage;
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