O impacto do governo das sociedades no valor do excesso de tesouraria: análise empírica aplicada às empresas europeias

Neste estudo, vamos analisar o impacto do excesso de tesouraria no valor da empresa e a influência que tem o governo das sociedades neste processo. Para o efeito, foi usada uma amostra de 165 empresas pertencentes aos principais índices europeus. Foi utilizada uma metodologia em 2 estágios. No primeiro estágio, a partir de uma amostra de 293 empresas, analisou-se as que detinham excesso de tesouraria positivo. No segundo estágio, com recurso ao índice ISQ, analisou-se o impacto do governo das sociedades no valor das empresas e no valor do excesso de tesouraria. Contrariamente às evidências noutros contextos geográficos, não se encontrou evidência estatística significativa de o governo das sociedades afete o valor inerente ao excesso de tesouraria.

The impact of culture and corporate governance in dividend policy: evidence from emerging and developed countries

The present research aims to analyse the impact of corporate governance and cultural dimensions in dividend policy. The corporate governance and dividend policy have a close relationship, in that both are evidenced in literature to mitigate agency problems. Cultural factors are also related to agency problems. The existence of agency problems and their solutions differs across countries and it is related to the implementation of the mechanisms of governance. So, cultural factors may have influence on corporate governance and dividend policy. Our sample consists in 1 232 companies belonging to the main indices of 38 countries classified as emerging or developed. To measure the quality of firm level corporate governance, we use the ASSET4 Corporate Governance Performance Index, developed by Thomson Reuters, and as proxy of culture we use three cultural dimensions developed by Geert Hofstede, namely uncertainty avoidance, masculinity and indulgence. We obtained significant empirical evidence that firms with high quality of corporate governance pay higher dividends. With regard to cultural factors, we confirm that in countries with high levels of masculinity and uncertainty avoidance, the dividend payout ratio is lower. On the other hand, countries with high level of indulgence have higher dividend payout ratio. However, we verify that the impact of cultural effects is minimized when the firms have a high quality level of corporate governance. Additionally, we found that the impact of corporate governance and cultural factors in dividend policy differs when dealing with emerging or developed countries.