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- 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006
converting an $11 million investment in Peruvian bonds worth $21 million into a $58 million cash payout from the country, representing the full face value of the bonds plus past-due interest. Highlights the problems associated with debt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
Leigh Day—and six decades after the Kenyan rebels were detained and tortured, the British government settled out of court with some 5,500 Kikuyu detention camp survivors. The monetary payout was 19.9 million pound sterling, the equivalent... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 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
- 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
- 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016
emphasizing that the company delivered strong results despite an exceptionally challenging environment, which included a nearly 50% drop in oil prices. However, shareholders questioned the massive payout and ultimately rejected BP's... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25
be financially constrained or lobbied for the holiday. Instead, estimates indicate that a $1 increase in repatriations was associated with a $0.60 to $0.92 increase in payouts to shareholders—despite regulations stating that such... 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 policy was... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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