There are two types of stock dividend in the Chinese stock market. This paper examines them in the period of 1997-2008. Empirical findings indicate that the stock dividend effect appears twice. The average abnormal return is 0.88% on the stock dividend proposal date and 0.35% on the stock...

There are two types of stock dividend in the Chinese stock market. This paper examines them in the period of 1997-2008. Empirical findings indicate that the stock dividend effect appears twice. The average abnormal return is 0.88% on the stock dividend proposal date and 0.35% on the stock...

A number of studies carried on the US data found positive long-term excess returns following buybacks. The aim of this paper is to verify if a similar anomaly can be observed on the Polish market. We confirm the existence of long-term abnormal returns following buybacks and excess profitability...

We document important interactions between tax incentives and corporate policies using a “quasi natural experiment” provided by a surprise announcement that imposed corporate taxes on a group of Canadian publicly-traded firms. The announcement caused a dramatic decrease in value although...

The well-documented abnormal long-run buy-and-hold returns to firms issuing equity in initial public offerings and seasoned equity offerings, firms bidding in mergers, and firms initiating dividends can be attributed to imperfect control-firm matching. In addition to firm size and market-to-book...

The long-run abnormal returns following both stock repurchases and seasoned equity offerings disappear for the events in the most recent decade. The disappearance is associated with the changing market environment – increased institutional investment, decreased trading costs, improved...

This study discusses stock market share repurchase with prior announcement from the viewpoint of a firm management between February 2010 and December 2013 and focuses on share repurchase with prior announcement from among the three repurchase methods in the present TSE. The three types are 1)...

We derive and test q-theory implications for cross-sectional stock returns. Under constant returns to scale, stock returns equal levered investment returns, which are tied directly to firm characteristics. When we use GMM to match average levered investment returns to average observed stock...

We derive and test q-theory implications for cross-sectional stock returns. Under constant returns to scale, stock returns equal levered investment returns, which are tied directly to firm characteristics. When we use GMM to match average levered investment returns to average observed stock...

We analyze credit line characteristics and changes in cash for a panel of firms over 1996-2006, and find evidence consistent with the economic importance of transactions costs for the management of liquidity and the resulting effects on shareholder value. We find that shareholders of...