take into account financial constraints on dividend policy faced by firms investing in both the United States and the … United Kingdom. The paper incorporates financial constraints on dividend policy into the analytical framework for the … stable. -- capital income taxation ; dividend policy ; effective marginal tax rates ; financial constraints …

tax rates on individual dividend income from zero to 28 percent. We document strong timing effects on dividend payout on a … corporations' debt-equity ratios. The debt ratios drop sharply after the implementation of the reform. -- Neutral dividend tax …

There is a lack of clear evidence of the ways in which dividend taxation affects dividend distributions and investment … Finnish dividend tax increase of 2005. This reform creates a useful opportunity to measure enterprise behaviour, since it … old view of dividend taxation. -- corporate income taxation ; dividends ; investment ; tax reform …

The paper analyzes the efficiency costs of dividend taxation in an effort-based corporate agency model in which non …-verifiable managerial effort enhances taxable profits. We show that investment changes following a rise in dividend taxes might not be … sufficient to infer the efficiency cost of dividend taxation as well as the financing regime of the firm that underlies the …