This paper reconsiders the issue of share price reactions to dividend announcements. Previous papers rely almost exclusively on a naive dividend model in which the dividend change is used as a proxy for the dividend surprise. We use the difference between the actual dividend and the analyst...

This paper reconsiders the issue of share price reactions to dividend announcements. Previous papers rely almost exclusively on a naive dividend model in which the dividend change is used as a proxy for the dividend surprise. We use the difference between the actual dividend and the analyst...

This paper reconsiders the issue of share price reactions to dividend announcements. Previous papers rely almost exclusively on a naive dividend model in which the dividend change is used as a proxy for the dividend surprise. We use the difference between the actual dividend and the analyst...

This paper reconsiders the issue of share price reactions to dividend announcements. Previous papers rely almost exclusively on a naive dividend model in which the dividend change is used as a proxy for the dividend surprise. We use the difference between the actual dividend and the analyst...

We investigate the relationship between firm governance and the board's position in the social network of directors. Using a sample of 133 German firms over the four-year period from 2003 to 2006, we find that firms with intensely connected supervisory boards (1) are associated with lower firm...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Entwicklung der Kapital- und Personenverflechtungen des deutschen Kapitalmarktes anhand der 150 größten börsennotierten Unternehmen im Zeitraum 1998 bis 2006. Aufgrund verschiedener institutioneller Veränderungen im Betrachtungszeitraum (insbesondere die...

Das Ende der Deutschland AG Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Entwicklung der Kapital- und Personenverflechtungen des deutschen Kapitalmarktes anhand der 150 größten börsennotierten Unternehmen im Zeitraum 1998 bis 2006. Aufgrund verschiedener institutioneller Veränderungen im...

This article looks into the development of cross-ownership of capital and of management networks in the capital market on the basis of the 150 biggest listed companies in the period 1998/2006. Owing to various institutional changes in the period under review (especially the adoption of the 2000...