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Stock dividends in Germany an empirical analysis.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DIRK STURZ
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Alemán
Publicado: [S.l.] : DUNCKER & HUMBLOT, 2020.
Colección:Studienreihe der Stiftung Kreditwirtschaft an der Universität Hohenheim.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • I Introduction
  • II Regulatory Framework
  • II.1 Basic Conditions
  • II.1.a Stock Dividends, Stock Splits and Accounting
  • II.1.b Bonus Shares
  • II.1.c Effects on the Par Value
  • II.2 Further Legal Implications
  • II.2.a Restrictions for Future Equity Issuances
  • II.2.b Distribution of Funds
  • II.3 Conclusions
  • III Theory and Empirical Evidence
  • III.1 Theoretical Considerations on Stock Distributions
  • III.1.a Classification of Existing Approaches
  • III.1.b Signaling Theory
  • III.1.b.1 Fundamentals of Signaling
  • III.1.b.2 Stock Distributions as Signals
  • III.1.b.2.1 Retained Earnings Hypothesis
  • III.1.b.2.2 Reputation of the Management
  • III.1.b.2.3 Neglected Firm
  • III.1.b.2.4 Trading Range as a Signal
  • III.1.c Liquidity and Further Explanations
  • III.1.c.1 Trading Range Hypothesis
  • III.1.c.2 Further Explanations
  • III.1.d Jensen's Free Cash Flow Hypothesis
  • III.1.e Conclusions
  • III.2 Empirical Evidence
  • III.2.a Evidence from the US
  • III.2.a.1 Signaling Effects
  • III.2.a.2 Liquidity Effects
  • III.2.b Evidence from Germany
  • III.2.b.1 General Findings
  • III.2.b.2 Signaling Effects
  • III.2.b.3 Liquidity Effects
  • IV Data and Methodology
  • IV.1 Descriptive Data
  • IV.1.a Data Collection
  • IV.1.b Size of the Firms
  • IV.1.c Distributions of Events through Time
  • IV.1.d Split Ratio
  • IV.2 Event Study Design
  • IV.2.a Market Efficiency
  • IV.2.b Computation of Abnormal Returns
  • IV.2.b.1 Discrete and Continuous Returns
  • IV.2.b.2 Modeling Normal Returns
  • IV.2.c Statistical Estimation of Normal and Abnormal Returns
  • IV.2.d Test of Significance
  • IV.3 Proxy for Jensen's Free Cash Flow
  • V Data Analysis
  • V.1 Announcement Effect of Stock Dividends
  • V.1.a Estimation of Abnormal Returns
  • V.1.b Analysis of Abnormal Returns
  • V.1.b.1 Cumulative Abnormal Returns for the Total Sample
  • V.1.b.2 Diluted Events
  • V.1.b.3 Special Distributions
  • V.1.b.4 Euro Converters
  • V.1.b.5 Split Ratio Effects
  • V.1.b.6 Bonus Shares
  • V.1.b.7 Cash Dividends
  • V.1.b.8 Market Value
  • V.2 Test of the Free Cash Flow Hypothesis
  • V.2.a Cash Flow and Tobin's q
  • V.2.b Free Cash Flow Proxy
  • VI Conclusions
  • Appendices
  • References