This study investigates whether non-performing loans effect the bank's profitability in Turkey. The study applies a panel regression method to the quarterly data set including 1809 observation belongs to 55 Banks in Turkey during the period from 1 st quarter of 2005 to 3 rd quarter of 2016. It is found that there is a significant, negative relationship between non-performing loans and bank profitability which is measured by return on equity and return on asset. The higher non-performing loans, the lower asset quality, leads to the lower return on equity and return on asset, and the lower non-performing loans, the higher asset quality, leads to the higher return on equity and return on asset.

Abstract:This study investigates market reactions to cash dividend announcements by analyzing abnormal returns around the declaration date in Borsa Istanbul. The study applies a panel regression method to a data set including 902 announcement made by 118 companies during the period from 2003 to 2015. It is found that there is a significant, negative relationship between cash dividends per share and abnormal returns following the announcement of dividends. Thus, the results support the tax-clientele effect hypothesis. When a given company announces cash dividends, shareholders start to sell their holdings in order to avoid more taxation in the future; therefore, market prices decrease. Furthermore, the results suggest that there is no statistically significant information leakage prior to the announcement date, and it seems that the inefficiency of the market decreases over time as prices adapt to new information more quickly.

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