Corporate Dividend Policies: Lessons from Private Firms
We compare the dividend policies of publicly and privately held firms in order to help identify the forces shaping corporate dividends, and shed light on the behavior of privately held companies. We show that private firms smooth dividends significantly less than their public counterparts, suggesting that the scrutiny of public capital markets plays a central role in the propensity of firms to smooth dividends over time. Public firms pay relatively higher dividends that tend to be more sensitive to changes in investment opportunities than otherwise similar private firms. Ultimately, ownership structure and incentives play key roles in shaping dividend policies. The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Society for Financial Studies. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com., Oxford University Press.
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2012
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Authors: | Michaely, Roni ; Roberts, Michael R. |
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Review of Financial Studies. - Society for Financial Studies - SFS. - Vol. 25.2012, 3, p. 711-746
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Society for Financial Studies - SFS |
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