We examine the operating performance subsequent to dividend initiations by comparing firms with similar pre … information content of dividend initiations regarding future earnings is reflected in the long-term reaction …

Recent literature has estimated that the 2003 dividend tax cut caused a large increase in aggregate dividend payouts …, which would imply that dividend taxation creates large efficiency costs relative to the amount of revenue raised. I document … that dividend payouts by real estate investment trusts also rose sharply following the tax cut, even though REIT dividends …

persistently affects dividend payments than stock repurchases. It also has a boosting effect on stock returns in the Bush Tax Cut … that is 75 % greater than their reducing effect in the Obama Tax Increase, in absolute terms, controlling for dividend … realize that some dividend-paying firms could change their dividend policies …

the tax-free status of income trusts, instead, on November 23, 2005, they announced a reduction of the tax on dividend …

We examine stock prices and the number of stocks traded around ex-dividend dates of German stocks with tax …-free dividend. Tax-free dividends are temporarily tax-exempt, as they reduce the initial purchasing price of a stock. With our … empirical results indicate that ex-date prices decline, on average, by the amount of the dividend. We do not find a significant …

This paper investigates the impact of the 2001 tax reform in Germany on dividend announcement returns. With this major … market response to positive dividend surprises is more pronounced under the full imputation system, where dividends are … observed decline in the dividend response coefficient is synchronized with the 2001 tax reform and hence attributable to the …

profitability and earned/contributed capital mix on the decision to pay dividends and dividend payout are weaker for firms following … dividend payout and this effect does not vary between traditional and imputation tax systems. Firms with higher foreign … the imputation tax system upon dividend policy …

This paper investigates the impact of the 2001 tax reform in Germany on dividend announcement returns. With this major … market response to positive dividend surprises is more pronounced under the full imputation system, where dividends are … observed decline in the dividend response coefficient is synchronized with the 2001 tax reform and hence attributable to the …

We test the hypothesis that the 2003 dividend tax cut boosted U.S. stock prices and thus lowered the cost of equity …-sectional response of prices on high-dividend versus low-dividend paying stocks. We do not find any imprint of the dividend tax cut news … on the value of the aggregate U.S. stock market. On the other hand, high-dividend stocks outperformed low-dividend stocks …

signi cant reduction in the valuation of net dividends - in particular for high dividend yield stocks - and weakening payout … policy tax clienteles. Ex-dividend day returns are likely to be driven by short-term traders. Though the reform removed … incentives for cross-border dividend stripping and reduced tax heterogeneity among investors, we show that the high trading …