Wpływ dywidendy na ceny akcji spółek notowanych na Giełdzie Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie

The article is dedicated to the issue of the payment of dividends by the Polish listed companies. Author makes an attempt to determine the impact of dividends on stock prices, and consequently - relation to them all investors. The analysis was based on the daily quotation of stock prices of companies paying an annual dividend. The survey includes periods were mainly from the General Meeting of Shareholders of the last day of quotations of shares with dividend and cut-off period from the date of the stock dividend to the date on which the stock price reaches the price before that date. The purpose of the empirical analysis was to verify whether the behavior of stock prices during the past occurred in connection with the regularity of dividend and whether it is possible to determine on this basis, the optimal strategy to invest in these values based on the above-average price changes.