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Ali Jafari; Jomadoordi Gorganli Davaji; Majid Ashrafi; Arash Naderian
Abstract
Comparability is a qualitative feature that adds to the usefulness of financial and economic information. Macroeconomic variables can affect the relationship between comparability and dividend payout. Therefore, this paper examines the moderating role of macroeconomic variables in the relationship between ...
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Comparability is a qualitative feature that adds to the usefulness of financial and economic information. Macroeconomic variables can affect the relationship between comparability and dividend payout. Therefore, this paper examines the moderating role of macroeconomic variables in the relationship between comparability criteria and dividend payout policy. The sample consists of 119 active companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange for the period 2011 to 2017. To measure the comparability, three criteria of earnings comparability, operating cash flows comparability, and discretionary accruals comparability have been utilized. Multivariate linear regression model using Eviews9 software was used to test the research hypotheses. The results showed that the net income comparability had a significant negative effect on dividends payout. The effect of interest rate on the relationship between net income comparability and dividend payout has been positive and significant. Inflation had a positive and significant effect on the relationship between net income comparability and dividend payout. The official exchange rate had a significant negative impact on the relationship between net income comparability and dividend payout, and also it had a significant negative impact on the relationship between discretionary accruals comparability and dividend payout. The effect of the informal exchange rate on the relationship between net income comparability and dividend payout has been negative and significant.
