In a dividend imputation tax system, equity investors have three potential sources of return: dividends, capital gains and franking (tax) credits. However, the standard procedures for estimating the market risk premium (MRP) for use in the capital asset pricing model, ignore the value of...

We have previously documented an inconsistency between the dividend yield implied by the Officer (1994) model with standard Australian regulatory parameters and actual dividend yields of Australian companies. We have shown that, within the Officer framework, this inconsistency can be resolved by...

Purpose: In the context of public-private partnerships (PPPs), it has been argued that the standard valuation framework produces a paradox whereby government appears to be made better off by taking on more systematic risk. This has led to a range of approaches being applied in practice, none of...

A limitation of prior research on imputation credit value is researchers' selective interpretation of the regression coefficient used to estimate credit value. This ignores the in-sample evidence on the value of cash dividends and the value of a fully-franked dividend. This is a problem because...

Multiple regression analysis leads to coefficient estimates that need to be jointly interpreted. This holds even if correlation amongst independent variables is at a level that researchers typically consider to be tolerable. In estimating the value of imputation credits using multiple...

Since dividend imputation was introduced to Australia 32 years ago, researchers and corporate finance practitioners have debated the extent to which imputation credits are incorporated into share prices. One reason for divergence of opinions is the selective interpretation of coefficient...