Dividends and open-market stock repurchases are by far the two most common mechanisms for distributing excess cash to shareholders. This article identifies and then tests three potentially important factors for the corporate choice between increasing cash dividends and initiating openmarket...

Dividends and open-market stock repurchases are by far the two most common mechanisms for distributing excess cash to shareholders. This article identifies and then tests three potentially important factors for the corporate choice between increasing cash dividends and initiating openmarket...

Using a sample of 260 initial public offerings (IPOs) listed on the Korea Stock Exchange during the January 1985 – March 1990 period, this paper investigates the role of information disclosed through the prospectus in the new issues market. The evidence indicates that the market price is...