Effect Of Dividend Announcement On Security Prices

Chapter 1:
Introduction
1.1 Background of the Problem
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 Objectives of the Research
1.4 Research Questions
1.5 Statement of Hypothesis
1.6 Scope of the study and Its Delimitation
1.7 Organization of the Report

Chapter 2:
Literature Review
2.1 Evolution of the Nigeria Capital Market.
2.2 Major Participation’s in the Nigerian Capital Market
2.2.1 The Central Bank of Nigeria
2.2.2 Development Finance Institutions
2.2.3 Issuing Houses
2.2.4 Stockbroking firms
2.2.5 Securities and Exchange Commission
2.2.6 Stock Exchange
2.2.7 Share Registrars
2.2.8 Commercial Banks
2.2.9 Insurance companies and Pensims / Provident funds
2.3 Dividend
2.3.1 Forms of Dividend
2.3.2 Factors influencing Dividend Policy
2.3.3 Stability of Dividend
2.3.4 Relationship between Dividend and Share prices
2.3.5 Information content of Dividends
2.3.6 Random Walk Theory of Share Price Movements
2.3.7 Random Walk and an Efficient Stock Market
2.3.8 Varying Degrees Efficiency
2.3.9 Week form Tests or Weak form of Efficiency
2.3.10 Semi-strong form Tests and semi-strong Efficiency
2.3.11 Strong form Tests and Strong Form Efficiency
2.3.12 Implications of Efficient Market Hypothesis
2.3.13 Empirical Studies of Capital Market Efficiency in Nigeria
2.3.14 Dividend Announcement and Capital Market Efficiency.

Chapter 3:
Research Methodology
3.1 research Design
3.2 Sources of Primary & Secondary Data
3.3 Population & Sample
3.4 Data Collection Techniques
3.5 Data Analysis Technique
3.6 Hypothesis Test Statistic
3.7 Limitation of Research Methodology

Chapter 4:
Analysis and Presentation of Data.
4.1 Presentation of Primary Data
4.2 Analysis and Presentation of Data According to Research Questions
4.3 Analysis and Presentation of Data According to hypothesis.

Chapter 5
5.1 Summary of Findings
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Recommendation
5.4 Suggested Research Work