Relevance and irrelevance theories of dividend dividend is that portion of net profits which is distributed among the shareholders. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Or stock dividend in usa an issue of bonus share is the distribution of shares free of cost to the existing shareholders, in india, bonus shares are issued in addition to the cash dividend and not in lieu of cash dividend. Relevance theory henceforth rt is a cognitive pragmatics theory of human communication which was developed in the mid1980s by dan sperber and. Scope of the study this study is restricted only of relevance theories of dividend policy and for the same from till date, last declared dividend and its impact on the share prices is considered. Dividend theories there are three main categories advanced. Gorden, john linter, james walter and richardson are associated with the relevance theory of dividend. Operational relevance of resource theories of quantum measurements. What is dividend irrelevant theory a no effect on stock.
Assumptions relating to cognition in general include the definition of relevance as a. The mm theory of dividend policy is an interesting and a di erent approach to the valuation of shares. What is dividend irrelevant theory a no effect on stock price b price future from fil 341 at illinois state university. Relevance theory henceforth rt, a cognitive theory of human communication by d. This article throws light upon the top three theories of dividend policy. The relevance effect and conditionals new frameworks of rationality. Dividend policy is a vital part of a corporates financing decision. The authors of this article isare permitted to use this pdf file to generate printed copies to be used by. Relevance theory through pragmatic theories of meaning ahtiveikko pietarinen ahtiveikko. Some of the major different theories of dividend in financial management are as follows. Pdf extracting uptodate information from financial documents can be important in making investment decisions. Hence, companies in india may supplement cash dividend by bonus issues. Relevance theory is a framework for understanding utterance interpretation first proposed by. Over the past twenty years, relevance theory has become a key area of study within semantics and pragmatics.
Dividend relevance theories these are theories whose propagators argue that. Relevance theory grounds its account of utterance interpretation within a general claim about cognitive design, the claim that human cognition is geared towards. Walter and gordon suggested that shareholders prefer current dividends and hence a positive relationship exists between dividend and market value. Gordons theory on dividend policy is one of the theories believing in the relevance of dividends concept. Gordons theory on dividend policy focusing on relevance. Relevance theory cambridge textbooks in linguistics.
The dividend irrelevance theory is a theory that investors are not concerned with a companys dividend policy since they can sell a portion of their portfolio of. Pdf relevance theory through pragmatic theories of meaning. According to them, dividend policy has a positive impact on the firms position in the stock market. It is also called as birdinthehand theory that states that the current dividends are important in determining the value of the firm. The dividend decision of the firm is of crucial importance for the finance manager since it determines the amount to be distributed among shareholders and the amount of profit to be retained in the business.
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