O PAGAMENTO DE DIVIDENDOS REFLETE A QUALIDADE DOS LUCROS?

EVIDÊNCIAS EMPÍRICAS DAS COMPANHIAS ABERTAS BRASILEIRAS

Authors

  • Flávia Ferreira Marques Bernardino Instituto Federal do Triangulo Mineiro
  • Marcelo Tavares Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
  • Pablo Rogers Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
  • Patrícia de Souza Costa Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22561/cvr.v34i3.7599

Keywords:

Dividends, Earnings Management, Earnings Quality

Abstract

The present study aimed to examine the association between dividend payments and the quality of earnings of Brazilian public companies, in the period between 2010 and 2019. To capture the quality of earnings, the following proxies were considered: the persistence of earnings, the informational content of earnings, through the earnings response coefficient, and the quality of accruals, using information from discretionary accruals and the modified model by Jones (1991). As for dividends, it was decided to test, in each model, the dividend yield, a dummy, indicating the payment or not of dividends, and the fact of paying dividends above the mandatory minimum. Unlike the findings in more developed markets, the empirical results of the three models applied suggest that the Brazilian institutional environment, with its specific legislation on dividends, can affect the relationship between the payment of dividends and the quality of reported earnings.

Author Biographies

Flávia Ferreira Marques Bernardino, Instituto Federal do Triangulo Mineiro

PhD in Accounting Sciences from FACIC/UFU. Master in Business Administration from FAGEN/UFU. Professor of the management area at IFTM Campus Uberlândia Centro.

Marcelo Tavares, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

PhD in Agronomy (Genetics and Plant Breeding) from the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (1998). He is currently a Full Professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU) at the College of Mathematics (FAMAT) and at the College of Accounting Sciences (FACIC). 

Pablo Rogers, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

PhD in Administration in the area of finance from the College of Economics and Administration of the University of São Paulo (FEA/USP) and professor of the area of finance and econometrics at the College of Management and Business (FAGEN) of the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU). 

Patrícia de Souza Costa, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

PhD in Accounting Sciences by the Graduate Program in Sciences at the University of São Paulo (2012). She is currently an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Accounting Sciences (FACIC) at the Federal University of Uberlândia.

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Published

2023-12-24

How to Cite

BERNARDINO, F. F. M.; TAVARES, M.; ROGERS, P.; COSTA, P. de S. O PAGAMENTO DE DIVIDENDOS REFLETE A QUALIDADE DOS LUCROS? EVIDÊNCIAS EMPÍRICAS DAS COMPANHIAS ABERTAS BRASILEIRAS. Contabilidade Vista & Revista, [S. l.], v. 34, n. 3, p. 56–80, 2023. DOI: 10.22561/cvr.v34i3.7599. Disponível em: https://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/contabilidadevistaerevista/article/view/7599. Acesso em: 27 jul. 2024.