Casi-Eberhard, Elisa; Gavrilova, Evelina; Murphy, David; … - 2022
We study the effect of reforms that close loopholes in the enforcement of the dividend-withholding tax (DWT). We focus … quantity of stocks on loan. Before the reform all Nordic countries have a strong spike in stocks on loan centered around the ex-dividend … portfolio investment or dividend policy. We also consider DWT arbitrage among 15 European countries between 2010-2019. We find …