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Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review

ISSN: 2223-5833

Open Access

Agency Problems, Product Market Competition and Dividend Policies in Pakistan

Abstract

Muhammad Rizwan Ullah, Safdar Husain Tahir, Muhammad Azam, Ahsan Ali and Iqra Shehzadi

The present study investigates the influence of product market competition on the dividend policies of the listed companies at KSE 100 index in Pakistan. It identify whether product market competition mitigates agency problems between controlling shareholders and minority shareholders. In particular, we examine firm dividend policies in competitive market, the study use three statistical measures for the analysis of 30 textile firms. The result shows that the product market competition have no significant impact on dividend policies of Pakistan. This study recommends that the product market competition can be an effective tool that can force the managers to give cash to shareholders.

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