Im diesem Papier wird empirisch untersucht, wie firmen-spezifische und transaktionsspezifische Faktoren Änderungen in der industrieadjustierten operationellen Performance in der Zeit vor, während und nach Firmenzusammenschlüssen und Übernahmen beeinflussen. Es werde folgende Faktoren...

Dividend policy is still a largely discussed issue in corporate finance literature. One of the main indicators used in analysing the dividend policy is the dividend payout ratio. Using a database consisting of 12,085 companies operating in 73 countries, for the period 2008-2014, the authors...

Dividend policy is still a largely discussed issue in corporate finance literature. One of the main indicators used in analysing the dividend policy is the dividend payout ratio. Using a database consisting of 12,085 companies operating in 73 countries, for the period 2008-2014, the authors...

Dividend policy is still a largely discussed issue in corporate finance literature. One of the main indicators used in analysing the dividend policy is the dividend payout ratio. Using a database consisting of 12,085 companies operating in 73 countries, for the period 2008–2014, the authors...

Dividend policy is still a largely discussed issue in corporate finance literature. One of the main indicators used in analysing the dividend policy is the dividend payout ratio. Using a database consisting of 12,085 companies operating in 73 countries, for the period 2008−2014, the authors...

This study investigates the relationship between institutional ownership and dividend payout behavior of the firm in Germany. Using a propensity scoring method estimator to control for endogeneity problems, we find evidence that neither institutional ownership nor bank control is statistically...

This paper explores the impact dividend taxes exert on the dividendsrepatriated from foreign affiliates to their German parent company.Based on an augmented Lintner model of rms' dividend payoutdecisions, the paper focusses on cross-border intra-rm dividend paymentsof wholly-owned foreign...

Since the equity premium as well as the risk-free rate puzzle question the concepts centralto financial and economic modeling, we apply behavioral decision theory to asset pricing in view ofsolving these puzzles. U.S. stock market data for the period 1960-2003 and German stock marketdata for the...

Family firms, as a unique organizational form, are associated with distinct finance, accounting, and tax behaviors. Prior research indicates that heterogeneity among family firms is linked to significant variation concerning these outcomes. However, the scope of dissimilarities, their empirical...

The insights of Modigliani and Miller (Am Econ Rev 53:433–443, 1963) and Miles and Ezzell (15:719–730, https://doi.org/10.2307/2330405 , 1980) on the cost of capital of firms rank among the most important results in financial theory. The underlying assumptions regarding the financial policy,...