PPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how recent capital gains affect ex-dividend stock pricing. Traditional models assume that investors are motivated to sell a stock before its ex-date to avoid paying higher taxes on dividends. However, if a stock has appreciated significantly,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the best conditional asset pricing model for the Tokyo Stock Exchange sample by utilizing long‐run daily data. It aims to investigate whether there are any other firm‐specific variables that can explain abnormal returns of the estimated...