In this paper we try to better understand the adverse consequences of mandatory dividend rules. We identify two main reasons why firms may pay only the mandatory minimum dividend: financial constraints and private benefits. We also argue that the consequences of these rules for firms should...

This study investigates whether the Consumption-based Capital Asset Pricing Model (CCAPM) is consistent with the data from four Latin-American countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. Empirical results showed that there is a statistical significant relationship between mean excess returns...

In this paper we try to understand the adverse consequences of mandatory dividend rules. We identify two main reasons why firms pay only the mandatory dividend: financial constraints and private benefits. Using a sample of Brazilian companies, we found evidences that firms that pay only the...

This paper investigates the problem of identifying the strength of the incoming of news in the financial market. With the support of a microstructure model we are able to derive a simple formula that, based only on trade data, estimates the likelihood of having news for any given tradable asset...