Dependent Variable: DIVIDEND _ YIELD _Testing for Hypothesis 1, 2

Panel A:

Sub sample: 2010-2011

Model 1 Largest

Model 2 ( GOV)

Variables

Coef.

t-value

Sig (P)

Coef.

t-value

Sig (P)

LARGEST

0.009

1.324

0.186

GOV

0.015

2.266

0.024

SIZE

−0.011

−3.474

0.001

−0.011

−3.488

0.001

LEV

0.029

1.735

0.084

0.028

1.695

0.091

STD_EARNing

−0.150

−1.576

0.116

−0.124

−1.295

0.196

DIV_STOCK

−0.021

−2.478

0.014

−0.020

−2.356

0.019

ROE_

0.002

7.153

0.000

0.002

6.850

0.000

Constant

0.346

3.960

0.000

0.344

3.956

0.000

Observations

376

376

Adj R2

0.18

0.18

Panel B:

Sub sample: 2013-2014

Model 1 Largest

Model 2 (GOV)

Variables

Coef.

t-value

Sig (P)

Coef.

t-value

Sig (P)

LARGEST

0.019

4.687

0.000

GOV

0.021

5.170

0.000

SIZE

−0.002

−1.194

0.233

−0.002

−1.112

0.267

LEV

−0.011

−1.161

0.246

−0.013

−1.314

0.190

STD_EARNing

−0.041

−0.846

0.398

−0.051

−1.059

0.290

DIV_STOCK

0.006

1.069

0.286

0.008

1.379

0.169

ROE_

0.000

3.316

0.001

0.000

3.438

0.001

Constant

0.095

1.963

0.050

0.091

1.873

0.062

Observations

420

420

Adj R2

0.08

0.09