Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Ph.D Student in Accounting, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran.
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Associate Professor, department of Accounting, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting and financial Management, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran.
10.30495/jik.2025.23544
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the threshold effects of financial leverage on dividends paid and financial returns among listed companies. In line with this goal, 109 companies have been selected from the companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange, whose required information was available from 94 to 99. To test the research hypotheses, first using the balanced panel threshold regression, while finding the threshold values and statistically significant test of these thresholds and also the DID programming approach (dual differences) showed that the effect of financial leverage on financial return has It is a non-linear relationship that has one or more threshold values, and it should be noted that the relationship between these two variables is inverse, which means that by reducing the debt ratio or, in other words, by reducing the amount of corporate debt. Compared to corporate assets, their financial return has increased; Also, the effect of financial leverage on the amount of dividends paid has a non-linear relationship that has one or more threshold values. Studies have shown that the relationship between the two variables of financial leverage and the amount of dividends paid is negative and inverse. That is, as the amount of corporate debt decreases and the leverage ratio in companies decreases, the amount of dividends paid will increase, and in fact, companies with less debt have more power to pay and distribute cash dividends among their shareholders
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