effects considered in signaling games. We show that paying out free cash flow, either as a dividend or via repurchasing shares … dividend as long as capital gains are not heavily discriminated by taxation in relation to dividends. The positive price effect … of dividends can be enhanced if the firm implements a dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP). …

distributions - dividends and capital gains. This paper empirically analyzes the influence of the tax preferences of individual and … corporate shareholders for the two corporate distribution types - dividends or capital gains - from 1990 to 2012. In the first … have preferred capital gains and corporate shareholders have preferred dividends. To account for these differences …

-in-differences estimation and matching methods, indicate that dividends declined somewhat in closely held corporations that faced a tax increase …

bubbles occur pay dividends after each trading day. In this paper we study whether bubbles can occur in markets without … dividends. We investigate the role of two features that are present in real markets. (1) The mere possibility that some traders … without dividends. Surprisingly, communication turns out to be counterproductive for bubble formation, whereas the possibility …

the value of broad-based market indices and their dividends. We also show that this relationship is consistent with …

We study the importance of owner wages and dividends as alternative payout channels in privately held firms. Using data … on all Swedish closely held corporations and their owner-managers over the period 2000 - 2009, we find that dividends … comprise one-fourth of total payout to owner-managers. Dividends are used as a flexible payout channel. Wages are the preferred …

advantageousness of dividends in comparison to capital gains after the reform. …