The Geographical, Economic and Legal Regionalization of the Changes in Dividend Payments in the World

Mieczysław Kowerski

doi:10.56583/br.722

Published : 2022-09-14

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2022)

The Geographical, Economic and Legal Regionalization of the Changes in Dividend Payments in the World

Mieczysław Kowerski

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2147-2037

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56583/br.722

Abstract

The dynamic growth of nominal and real values of dividends paid in the world, observed since the last quarter of the twentieth century, is determined by the companies with the largest capitalization. However, the increase in global dividend payments is not the same in all countries and is subject to geographical, economic and legal regionalization. It is also disturbed by economic fluctuations (especially the 2008 crisis) and, more recently, by the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper, using the data from the survey of Janus Henderson Investments, analyses changes in dividend payments in geographical (continents) economic (countries with a similar level of economic development) and legal (countries with similar legal systems) regions by the 1,200 largest companies in the world between 2009 and 2021. Linnear trend models taking into account the COVID-19 pandemic in the world and in separate regions and subregions, as well as the panel partial adjustment model of dividends vs. GDP, were estimated. The conducted research confirmed the impact of different forms of regionalization on the rate of dividend payments by the world’s largest companies. In the years 2009–2021 dividend payments in Australia and Asia grew the fastest. COVID-19 significantly reduced dividend payments in 2020 in Europe. Dividend payments in emerging markets countries grew faster than in developed markets countries and COVID-19 did not significantly reduce payouts on emerging markets. However, it is the developed markets that still provide the vast majority of dividends. The common law system is more favorable to dividend payments.

Keywords:

dividends, Janus Henderson Investment dividend survey, economic and legal regions, trend model, panel dynamic partial adjustment model, geographical regions

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