Privatization effects on Zakat and dividend: Empirical evidence from Malaysia and Jordan
Journal Title: UNKNOWN - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
There is a growing consensus in the literature that privatization program has positive impact to the country’s productivity and competitiveness. At micro level, empirical analyses both in Malaysian and Jordan have shown the significant contribution of privatization program on firms’ profitability, productivity and better leverage. Generally, privatization leads to better profitability which theoretically should provide higher return to shareholders in terms of dividend as well as higher contribution to stakeholders in terms of zakat to the asnaf (zakat recipients including the poor and needy). However, studies on privatization impact towards zakat and dividend payment are almost absent. Therefore, this study aims at investigating the effect of privatization on zakat and dividend disbursement. This paper focuses on two developing nations namely Malaysia and Jordan. The sample size of this analysis includes 17 Malaysia Government Link Corporations (Top GLC20 companies) and 23 Jordan State Owned Enterprises (SOEs). The duration of the study is eleven (11) years from 2003 to 2013. The data were collected from Bloomberg, Amman Stock Exchange and Bursa Malaysia. Using statistical models and Wilcoxon signed rank test, the results show that privatization has contributed to higher payment in terms of dividend to shareholders in both countries. In addition, zakat paid by Malaysian GLCs is steadily increasing and significant. The findings also indicate that global financial crisis 2007-2008 has no impact on corporate zakat payable in Malaysia, while dividend growth is slow during this period. The paper then provides discussion on few pertinent issues and finally suggests the need for new tax and zakat Law in Jordan as well as improvement in current zakat accounting practices in Malaysia.
Authors and Affiliations
Ridzwan Bakar, Riyad Neman Darwazeh, Wardah Sakinah
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP323792
- DOI -
- Views 80
- Downloads 0
Substantial takeover of shares and post-acquisition performance
The corporate restructuring is used as mechanism to create value of the shareholders. It gives opportunity to make investment in other company with high potential but lower rate of return. By taking over such companies,...
Delineating social entrepreneurship from related terminologies
Purpose- Social entrepreneurship is gaining ground rapidly as a field of research and practice and attracting increasing interest within the policy-making authorities, research on social entrepreneur-ship still falls far...
An Empirical Study of Academic and Non-academic Staff’s Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment in an Institute of Higher Learning
Numerical studies have been conducted to determine the employees’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment particularly in the corporates’ settings. There are few studies pertaining to the institutional staff’s job...
Analyzing the Relationship between Economic Prosperity, Law and Democracy
In line with economic prosperity and its spread to the society, it is essential that the economy complement each other with law and democracy. In this study, the development levels of countries and the relationship betwe...
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Training Courses in a Developing Country
Purpose- Today, entrepreneurship has become a necessity for economic development in different countries. Therefore, entrepreneurship training could be a solution in order to reach this goal. But it should be considered t...