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- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
renew its board of directors, or pay dividends and lacked a board-approved operating budget. Nevertheless, it maintained its majority market share and was the only telecom player with positive EBITDA in the market. What were the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
these issues. Firms devote more external capital to finance their share repurchases than to avoid regular dividend cuts. Debt is the main source of capital used to externally finance payouts, particularly when credit market conditions are... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
proportional to dividend yields. Portfolio strategies differ in the pace of capital gains realization. We use the federal tax codes from 1926 through 2007 to construct the after-tax returns that individual investors, corporations, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
effective December 31, 1999. The true story of the Canal upends the more conventional tale of U.S. triumphalism and its shepherding of one of the largest infrastructure works ever built. First, the Canal produced great economic dividends... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
We exploit households’ portfolio weights in previous years as an instrument for actual capital gains and dividends payments. We find that unrealized capital gains lead to a marginal propensity to consume (MPC) of 13% for the bottom 50% of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
cross-sectional empirical evidence is most persuasive in favor of agency considerations. Studies centered on the May 2003 dividend tax cut confirm that differences in the taxation of dividends and capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
the answers in ways that are right for you. By asking these questions, you can craft new strategies for staying on top of your game. Publisher's Link: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?E=2420198&R=10352-HBK-ENG&conversationId=129872 Local... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
their firms as small firms when investors favor small firms. Local Dividend Clienteles Authors:Bo Becker, Zoran Ivkovic, and Scott Weisbenner Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract We exploit demographic variation to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
characteristics of the clients of their institutional shareholders indicates that "dividend-averse" institutions are significantly less likely to hold shares in firms with larger dividend payouts. This relation between the tax... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29
Working PapersLocal Dividend Clienteles Authors:Bo Becker, Zoran Ivkovich, and Scott WeisbennerNBER Working Paper Series, No. 15175, July 2009 Abstract We exploit demographic variation to identify the effect of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
between firm payout policy and tax incentives. Analysis of a panel of firms matched with the tax characteristics of the clients of their institutional shareholders indicates that "dividend-averse" institutions are significantly less likely to hold shares in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Dividends Harvard Business School Case 209-004 In 2006, Progressive Corporation announced a change in its dividend policy. Henceforth, dividends would be paid annually rather... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010
areas where they resided. Fourth, a sizeable proportion of investors were stockholders in more than one bank. Protecting Outside Investors in a Laissez-faire Legal Environment: Corporate Governance and Dividends in Victorian Britain... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
encouraged to maximize profits, “Then have the boldness to levy taxes on the recipients of dividends to support the stakeholders you favor ” David Weaver reminded us of Prof. Bruce Scott’s belief that “Capitalism works, and works well,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Hedge Fund as Activist
removal of a poison pill (a device that makes it difficult for a firm to be acquired), ask for a share repurchase or dividend increase, or, in extreme cases, ask for the removal of the CEO. While a few pension funds, like CalPERS, have... View Details
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?
insurance, CDs, and transaction accounts for the poorest families are difficult to build and scale to the many millions of families who live below the poverty line. Let's use the dot.com dividend to solve this problem.— Peter Tufano... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007
immediate impasse—and defining a meaningful path forward. Publisher's site: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu The Effect of Dividends on Consumption Authors:Malcolm Baker, Stefan Nagel, and Jeffrey Wurgler... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7
patients. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W18202 Dividends as Reference Points: A Behavioral Signaling Approach Authors:Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract We outline a dividend... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
The New Real Estate
real estate markets returns anywhere. Where Does It End? Everyone knows that the "darling" of the day is already sowing the seeds for the next downturn. People can debate whether this boom is a mania or a paradigm shift. But there are warning signs. REIT... View Details
- 22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22
Authors:Richard M.J. Bohmer and Thomas H. Lee Publication:New England Journal of Medicine 361, no. 6 (August 5, 2009) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?p=1347 Dividend Taxes and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace