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-specific determinants of dividend payout probabilities. Only the largest shareholders with equity stakes that are either between 25% and 50 …Numerous studies analyze the impact of ownership concentration and shareholder identity on dividend payout … dividend payments. Because the importance of those proxies varies with the classification techniques applied, we use both …
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increase of abnormal returns. The main objective of this paper is to present results of shareholders' reaction to dividend … numerous empirical studies. Observations carried out in developed markets show that dividend initiation decisions result in an … studies is carried out. Next, the sample selection and methodology were discussed. The shareholders' reactions for the whole …
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This paper investigates the compensation and growth dynamics of private equity firms. Using proprietary data, I estimate that about half of their revenue is performance-related and find that current fund performance also has indirect effects on firms’ future revenue. The dynamics of these...
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This paper addresses the following unresolved questions: Why do some firms issue equity instead of debt? Why did most firms retain their cash holdings instead of distributing them as dividends in recent times? How do firms change their financing policies during a period of severe financial...
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I study whether trapped foreign cash levels and investor type explain variation in US-based multinationals' payout policy responses to tax-repatriation-driven cash windfalls. To do so, I use the deemed mandatory repatriation of trapped foreign cash included in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...
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French managers. Three different types of decisions are analyzed:investment decisions, financing decisions and payout …
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reforms, firms are more likely to use cash to increase R&D expenditures, dividend payouts, and share repurchases, but not to …
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investment opportunity set and cash-flow volatility, as well as secular trends in product market competition, credit market risk …
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Using a unique sample of newly privatized firms from 59 countries, this study provides new evidence about the agency costs of state ownership and new insight into the corporate governance role of country-level institutions. Consistent with agency theory, we find strong and robust evidence that...
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We empirically investigate the effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on corporate cash holdings using a large sample of international firms. EPU intensifies concerns of investors on managerial self-dealing and political extraction. Consequently, the potential cost of cash holdings (i.e.,...
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