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Did Firms Substitute Dividends for Share Repurchases after the 2003 Reductions in Shareholder Tax Rates?

Shackelford, Douglas A.; Blouin, Jennifer L.; Raedy, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

This paper tests whether firms altered their dividend and share repurchase policies in response to the 2003 reductions … in shareholder tax rates. We predict that firms substituted dividends for repurchases, because the reduction in dividend … (particularly officers and managers) when setting dividend and share repurchase policies. …

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Executive Financial Incentives and Payout Policy: Firm Responses to the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut

Brown, Jeffrey Robert; Liang, Nellie; Weisbenner, Scott - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

We test whether executive stock ownership affects firm payouts using the 2003 dividend tax cut to identify an exogenous … dividends after the tax cut in 2003, whereas no relation is found in previous periods when the dividend tax rate was higher …

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Tax-Motivated Trading by Individual Investors

Poterba, James; Ivkovich, Zoran; Weisbenner, Scott - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

We use data on the stock trades of a large number of individual investors to study how tax incentives affect the realization of capital gains and losses. We compare investors' realizations in their taxable and tax-deferred accounts, which allows us to identify tax-motivated trading. We reach...

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The Distributional Burden of Taxing Estates and Unrealized Capital Gains at the Time of Death

Poterba, James; Weisbenner, Scott - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000

The 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances provides information on household wealth ownership that can be used to estimate the effect of changing the Unified Estate and Gift Tax Credit on estate tax revenues. The survey also includes data on the prices at which assets were purchased, along with...

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The Impact of Capital Gains Taxes on Stock Price Reactions to S&P 500 Inclusion

Shackelford, Douglas A.; Blouin, Jennifer L.; Raedy, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000

This paper contributes to our understanding of the determinants of price responses to inclusion in the S&P 500 by providing evidence consistent with capital gains tax planning impacting stock reactions. Tests are conducted on 426 additions from 1978-1999. We regress the returns on the first...

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Capital Gains Holding Periods and Equity Trading: Evidence from the 1998 Tax Act

Shackelford, Douglas A.; Blouin, Jennifer L.; Raedy, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000

This paper exploits an unusually powerful setting to explore a choice many individual investors face regularly the decision to sell today or postpone selling until lower rates are available in the future. We examine trading volume and stock returns around the 1998 reduction in the holding period...

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Did Dividends Increase Immediately After the 2003 Reduction in Tax Rates?

Shackelford, Douglas A.; Blouin, Jennifer L.; Raedy, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

from 38.1 percent to 15 percent. This study analyzes dividend declarations in the quarter following passage. Aggregate … dividends rose by 9 percent when boards of directors first met following enactment. Consistent with the dividend changes being … tax-motivated, they are increasing in the percentage of the firm held by individuals. Dividend changes also increased with …

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Capital Gains Taxes and Stock Reactions to Quarterly Earnings Announcements

Shackelford, Douglas A.; Blouin, Jennifer L.; Raedy, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000

This paper examines the impact of capital gains taxes on equity pricing. Examining three-day cumulative abnormal returns for quarterly earning announcements from 1983-1997, we present evidence consistent with shareholders' capital gains taxes affecting stock price responses. To our knowledge,...

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Individual Account Investment Options and Portfolio Choice: Behavioral Lessons from 401(k) Plans

Brown, Jeffrey Robert; Liang, Nellie; Weisbenner, Scott - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

This paper examines how the menu of investment options made available to workers in defined contribution plans influences portfolio choice. Using unique panel data of 401(k) plans in the U.S., we present three principle findings. First, we show that the share of investment options in a...

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Information Diffusion Effects in Individual Investors' Common Stock Purchases: Covet Thy Neighbors' Investment Choices

Ivkovich, Zoran; Weisbenner, Scott - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

Using data on stock purchases individual investors made through a discount broker from 1991 to 1996, we study information diffusion effects the relation between household investment choices and those made by their neighbors. A ten percentage point increase in neighbors' purchases of stocks from...

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