This paper presents new empirical evidence suggesting that the market evaluates acquisition announcements in the context of the firm's investment policy. When a firm with superior prior internal investment purchases another, market participants often learn from the acquisition, that internal...

This study re-examines the impact of the differential taxation of dividends and capital gains on assets' prices. Our analysis shows that the time horizon used to define and measure the dividend period is a key issue when interpreting the empirical results. Our results indicate that most of the...

This paper proposes a new method using option prices to estimate the market value of the voting right associated with a stock. The method consists of synthesizing a non-voting share using put-call parity, and comparing its price to that of the underlying stock. Empirically, we find this measure...

We show that distribution of stock dividends is costly to stockholders of levered firms. In addition, it is associated with reductions in future profits. Yet consistent with past studies, we document positive and significant announcement returns for the 1954-2017 period, perhaps responding to...

Following a ruling of the Israeli Securities Authority, portfolio managers had to obtain their clients' consent, in writing; so that they can continue to receive a fraction of the transaction costs their clients pay the broker executing the trades. One would expect an overwhelming opposition to...

In the presence of derivative markets, shareholders can choose their desired mix of cash-flows/votes and vary it through time. We find that the optimal security-voting structure is time varying. Even in the presence of derivatives, most of the time, shareholders optimally choose 1S1V. 1S1V turns...

In the presence of derivative markets, shareholders can choose their desired mix of cash-flows/votes and vary it through time. We find that the optimal security-voting structure is time varying. Even in the presence of derivatives, most of the time, shareholders optimally choose 1S1V. 1S1V turns...

We examine the behavior of call options surrounding the underlying stock's ex-dividend date. The evidence is inconsistent with the predictions of a rational exercise policy; a significant fraction of the open interest remains unexercised, resulting in a windfall gain to option writers. This...

We use the move of Israeli stocks from call auction trading to continuous trading to show that investors have a preference for stocks that trade continuously. When large stocks move from call auction to continuous trading, the small stocks that still trade by call auction experience a...

This paper joins practitioners in predicting that firms split their stocks to move them into an optimal trading range, thereby creating market liquidity. Consistent with empirical evidence, our theory predicts that splits should follow a period of stock price increase and should have positive...