tradeoff between market and reinvestment risk explains this pattern. Intuitively, while long-term dividend claims are highly … exposed to market risk, they are also good hedges for reinvestment risk because dividend prices rise as expected returns … long maturities, inducing relatively low risk premia on long-term dividend claims. The model is also consistent with the …

premium, price-dividend ratio, and aggregate dividend and consumption growth. The model-implied risk free rate and price-dividend …

firms that either increased or initiated cash dividend payments during the 23-year period 1986-2008, we find reduction in … explains the dividend payment decision and the positive market reaction around dividend increases and initiations. Further … following dividend increases and initiations …