What do firms do when dividend tax rates change? An examination of alternative payout responses

This paper investigates whether investor-level taxes affect corporate payout policy decisions. We predict and find a surge of special dividends in the final months of 2010 and 2012, immediately before individual-level dividend tax rates were expected to increase. We also find evidence that immediate...

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Main Authors: Hanlon, Michelle (Contributor), Hoopes, Jeffrey L. (Author)
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV, 2018-12-13T20:57:00Z.
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