Amihud, Yakov; Li, Kefei - In: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 41 (2006) 03, pp. 637-660
We propose an explanation for the “disappearing dividend” phenomenon: a decline in the information content of dividend announcements, which reduces the propensity of firms to use dividends as a costly signal. A reason for a decline in the information content of dividends is the rise in...