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  • 21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21

Economics Payout Policy By: Farre-Mensa, Joan, Roni Michaely, and Martin C. Schmalz Abstract—We survey the literature on payout policy, with a particular emphasis on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30

non-local investments suggests that policy makers in regions without local venture capitalists might want to mitigate costs associated with established venture capitalists investing in their geographies rather than encouraging the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

fraction of their wealth increases annuitization relative to a situation where annuitization is an "all or nothing" decision. Very few respondents choose declining real payout streams over flat or increasing real View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

form of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through a sustainable business model that also generates superior financial performance. Read the paper: http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=4538 An Exploration of Optimal Stabilization View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007

complete abandonment of the current system. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13213 Institutional Tax Clienteles and Payout Policy Authors:Mihir A. Desai and Li Jin Abstract This paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

insight from behavioral economists and organizational consultants is also included. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52264 December 2016 Journal of Business and Policy Research Corporate Sponsorship in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

distribution. We also find that households’ consumption is significantly more responsive to dividend payouts across all parts of the wealth distribution. Our findings are broadly consistent with near-rational behavior in which households... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

variability than was the case historically. Under the new policy, dividends would be tied to the company's underwriting results, its performance relative to predetermined goals, and a target payout ratio. Progressive's new View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

tax savings. We find that 2,281 top executives strategically realized their built-in capital gains prior to the tax hikes to save nearly $741 million in personal taxes in 2012. These executives also (1) make payout View Details
  • 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

Becker, Zoran Ivkovic, and Scott Weisbenner Publication:Journal of Finance 66, no. 2 (April 2011) Abstract : We exploit demographic variation to identify the effect of dividend demand on corporate payout policy. Retail investors tend to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23

attention to the returns of firms that do not issue at all, suggesting that issuance is partly an attempt to cater to broad time-varying patterns in characteristics mispricing. Our approach helps forecast returns to portfolios based on book-to-market (HML), size (SMB),... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18

payout policy, profitability, and industry. We consider interpretations of these results based on both time-varying risk premia and mispricing. Our results are primarily consistent with the view that firms issue and repurchase shares to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

SMB factors), and industry, our approach is also useful for forecasting factor returns associated with distress, payout policy, and profitability. Read the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1572174 Are You a Good... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016

and shared significant export agribusiness sectors, but whose organic food sector became significantly larger. While the power of incumbent vested interests and unsupportive public policies emerge as major explanatory factors, the article... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

historically, only government-subsidized products have achieved widespread adoption. A recent contractual innovation, which links insurance payouts to realized weather rather than farmer indemnity, has spurred substantial research in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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