影響現金股利發放之相關學術研究,一直是學術界和各公司所關注之焦點,本研究將探討每股盈餘和現金股利發放之間的關聯性,且加入影響現金股利發放之因素看其影響程度進行深入之探討,使現金股利發放之文獻更加完整。本研究以在台灣證券交易所公開上市之公司及證券櫃檯買賣中心公開上櫃之公司為樣本,加入之影響因子為公司規模、產業集中度、負債比率及現金占資產比率,以OLS迴歸分析進行實證。本研究實證結果顯示,產業集中度及公司負債比率對台灣公司現金股利之發放有顯著之影響關係。整體而言,產業集中度越大(小),公司發放越多(少)的現金股利;負債比率越低(高),公司發放越多(少)的現金股利。
The research on issues of cash dividend distribution receives much attention from scholars and practitioners. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between earnings per shares (EPS) and cash dividend distribution, and we explore the factors that can affect that relationship. We employ OLS method to collect the coefficients of EPS on the dividend, and study how companies’ scales, market concentrations, liability ratios and cash-to-asset ratios affect the coefficients. The finding of this study indicates that the concentration is positively and significantly related to cash dividend distribution, while the liability ratio is negatively and significantly related to cash dividend payout. The finding suggests that investors can hold companies with high market shares in anticipation of economic booming.