盈余管理与现金股利政策——来自中小板上市公司的经验证据

本文以2005~2012年间2049个中小板上市公司为样本,实证检验中小板上市公司盈余管理与现金股利政策之间的关系。研究发现,中小板上市公司的盈余管理行为与现金股利政策之间存在显著地负相关关系,即中小板上市公司的盈余管理程度越低,相应的现金股利分配力度与现金股利分配倾向都会越高。     

盈余管理与现金股利政策——来自中小板上市公司的经验证据

本文以2005²012年间2049个中小板上市公司为样本,实证检验中小板上市公司盈余管理与现金股利政策之间的关系。研究发现,中小板上市公司的盈余管理行为与现金股利政策之间存在显著地负相关关系,即中小板上市公司的盈余管理程度越低,相应的现金股利分配力度与现金股利分配倾向都会越高。     

创业板上市公司股利分配研究

本文以截止2010年4月30日79家创业板上市公司为对象,以实证分析的方法研究创业板上市公司股利分配。结论显示,创业板上市公司股利分配与第一大股东持股比例之间没有显著关系;公司成长性对现金股利发放水平有抑制作用;公司盈利能力、货币资金充足率及盈余积累水平对公司现金股利分配水平有显著影响。本文的研究表明,创业板公司股利分配行为不支持股利迎合假说及利益输送假说,公司股利分配在一定程度上反映了公司的组织结构特征。     

金融发展影响了公司成熟度与现金股利政策的关系吗?

选取留存收益股权比反映公司成熟度,研究不同金融发展水平下,公司成熟度与现金股利的关系,实证结果显示,伴随公司成熟度的提高,公司实施积极现金股利政策的动机会显著提升;金融发展在提高公司成熟度与现金股利支付倾向正向关系的同时,由于提供更多的投资机会,却弱化了公司成熟度与现金股利支付水平的正向关系。进一步研究发现,金融发展水平的提升能够推迟成熟公司首次对外支付现金股利的时机;其对公司成熟度与现金股利政策关系的影响作用主要源于金融发展的"治理效应"路径;将金融发展分为信贷市场发展和股权市场发展,发现与信贷市场促进公司成熟度与现金股利支付倾向正相关关系不同,股权市场抑制了公司成熟度与现金股利支付倾向及支付水平的正相关关系。     

股利政策对公司股票收益的影响

本文采用面板数据模型,实证研究了我国上市公司的三种不同股利政策对股票超额收益率的影响。得出结论:我国上市公司实行的股票股利政策和混合股利政策对股票超额收益率有显著的推动作用,而现金股利的效应则表现的很微弱。     

现金股利政策对盈余管理影响的文献综述

现金股利政策作为盈余管理的手段之一,一直以来颇受关注。本文从以下几个方面总结现金股利政策影响盈余管理的有关研究成果:申请配股的公司必须达到近三年净资产收益率6%的资格线,为此,上市公司采用的手段之一是发放现金股利,以减少净资产,提高净资产收益率;大股东持股的上市公司为发放现金股利,具有强烈的盈余管理动机;适度的盈余管理能够传递公司的利好信息,这与现金股利政策的"信号传递"作用相似,因此,发放现金股利的公司会有一定程度的盈余管理。     

我国上市商业银行现金股利分配的影响因素研究

运用面板数据模型对我国14家上市商业银行2007-2011年的现金股利分配政策进行分析研究,深入探讨现金股利分配政策的不同以及造成这种不同的原因。结果表明:资本结构和投资需求对银行的股利分配率具有显著的负向影响,而公司规模与银行的股利分配率呈现显著的正相关关系,股本结构、盈利能力和变现能力对银行的股利分配政策影响不显著。     

现金股利政策的影响因素实证研究——基于我国A股上市公司的经验数据

现代公司的股利政策多种多样,面临的选择非常多,在不同的行业不同的时期,可能选择的股利政策又是不一样的。公司的股利政策有股票股利、现金股利等的区分,现金股利又是我们最常见的股利政策之一。发放现金股利政策也是能够向市场释放公司"现金流充足"的信号,有利于公司的股价上扬,但现金股利是从企业的税后利润中分配的,会减少企业的现金储备量,在面对有外部良好机会进行投资时可能缺乏现金,这就是发放了现金股利的两面性,如何进行现金股利的发放对于公司的成长至关重要,究竟公司会从哪些方面考虑企业是否发放现金股利以及发放的数量,本文将会具体来讨论影响企业现金股利政策的因素。     

基于上市公司股利分配的所得税政策探析

<正>股利分配是指公司将企业盈利在留存收益与支付股利之间进行分配的行为,公司通常在综合考虑各种相关因素后,对不同的股利分配政策进行比较,最终选择一种符合本公司特点与需要的股利分配政策予以实施。对于上市公司而言,会根据公司的实际状况,采取不同的股利分配方式,如现金股利、股票股利等。此外,由于上市公司部分或全部股份始终处于交易之中,其股东人数和身份并不特定,既有个人投资者,也可能有合格的境外机构投资者(QFII)。因此,在收到上市公司股利分配时,不同的股利分配方式、不同的股东身份使得适用的所     

上市公司股利政策对股价影响的实证分析

股利政策的正确选择对于企业的做大做强与股票收益的提高密不可分,由于企业所处生命周期与发展阶段的差异性,所适用的股利政策也会不同。本文以2011年石化行业的股票为样本,剔除了现金股利、重组和重大诉讼、盈利预测等事件的干扰,实证分析股利分配情况与股票超常收益率之间的联系,比较了企业在不同生命周期中股票股利政策所具有的信号传递效应。通过实证研究显示,当企业处于创业、发展期时,股票股利政策具有较好的信号传递效应;而当企业处于成熟期时,现金股利政策更具信号传递效应。     

The Differences Between Stock Splits and Stock Dividends: Evidence on the Retained Earnings Hypothesis

Abstract:  This paper investigates stock dividends and stock splits on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange (CSE), which is of interest because several of the more recent explanations for a stock market reaction can be ruled out. The main findings are that the announcement effect of stock dividends as well as stock splits is closely related to changes in a firm's payout policy, but that the relationship differs for the two types of events. A stock dividend implies an increase in nominal share capital and hence a decrease in retained earnings. Firms announcing stock dividends finance growth entirely by debt (explaining the need for an increase in nominal share capital) and retained earnings. Basically all firms announcing a stock dividend with a split factor of less than two can also afford to increase their total cash dividends permanently, at least proportionally to the increase in share capital, leading to a significant announcement effect of 4.23%. Firms announcing a stock dividend with a split factor of two or more also increase total cash dividends permanently, but less than proportionally to the increase in share capital. This leads to an insignificant announcement effect of 0.08%. These findings support a retained earnings/signaling hypothesis. For stock splits, no separate announcement effect was found when a firm's payout policy was controlled for. This lends support to the idea that a stock split per se is a cosmetic event on the CSE and is also consistent with the fact that making a stock split on the CSE is virtually cost free.     

上市公司股利政策对盈余管理的影响及相应的市场反应

本文基于私有信息传递的视角,以2003-2010年上海证券交易所A股市场上的上市公司为研究样本,检验了上市公司现金股利政策对盈余管理的影响及其相应的市场反应。统计结果显示,与其他公司相比,现金分红的公司倾向于上调应计利润即有正向盈余管理的偏好,并且市场能够识别出这类上市公司的盈余管理行为,分红预案公布期间现金分红公司股票的累积异常收益率与盈余管理变量是正相关的。     

THE RELATION AMONG DIVIDEND POLICY,FIRM SIZE,AND THE INFORMATION CONTENT OF EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS

In this paper we investigate the role of dividends in explaining the size effect. The previous literature concludes that before the firm's earnings announcement, small firm stock prices impound less information than large firm stock prices. This size effect is evidenced by the greater market reaction to small firm earnings announcements than to large firm earnings announcements. We find that if the dividend announcement precedes the earnings announcement, no size effect exists. The implication is that the information conveyed by dividend announcements includes the information conveyed to investors in large firms by other information sources. However, if the firm does not pay dividends or if the firm's earnings announcement precedes its dividend announcement, the size effect exists. The implication is that dividends do not completely explain the size effect. That is, there are information sources other than dividends that are exclusively available to investors in large firms, and the information provided by these sources is reflected in the stock price of large firms before the earnings announcement.     

股权激励与股利分配——来自中国上市公司的经验证据

本文以《上市公司股权激励管理办法》颁布后的2006年1月1日至2011年6月30日沪深两市公告股权激励计划的上市公司为对象,研究了股权激励与股利政策的关系。结果表明,股权激励公司的送转股水平和现金股利水平从公告计划前一年起显著高于非股权激励公司;上市公司公告股权激励计划对送转股和现金股利水平均有正向的影响,但从股利政策影响因素的回归结果来看,上市公司的现金股利政策较为适合自身的特征,但在送转能力不足的情况下依然"异常高送转",表明送转股是管理层眼中最大化其股权激励收益的更为理想的掘金工具。     

Valuation Effects of Greek Stock Dividend Distributions

This study analyses the price reaction to stock dividend distributions by firms listed on the Athens Stock Exchange on both the announcement and the ex‐dividend day. It also analyses earnings per share, dividends per share and trading volume in the pre‐ and post‐announcement periods. The findings show statistically insignificant abnormal returns on both the announcement and the ex‐dividend day. The analysis does not reveal any significant change in earnings per share and dividends per share, but it does reveal a significant decline in the market‐adjusted trading volume in the post dividend period. The findings, based on a different institutional environment, expand the empirical evidence on the value effects of stock dividends.     

Dividend signaling under economic adversity: Evidence from the London Stock Exchange

The signaling or information content hypothesis is amongst the most prominent theories attempting to explain dividend policy decisions. However, no research has, to date, examined the information content of dividends in conjunction with generalized economic adversity. With the majority of the western economies facing the tough reality of the economic recession since late 2007–early 2008, we focus on the possibility of asymmetrical dividend signaling effects between periods of stability and economic adversity. Using data from the London Stock Exchange (LSE), where earnings and dividend news are released simultaneously, we test the dividend signaling hypothesis and the interaction of earnings and dividends under both steady and adverse economic conditions. We document positive and significant average abnormal stock price returns around the dividend/earnings announcements. We also find a significant interaction between economic conditions and the information content of dividends. After testing the dividend signaling hypothesis under both stable and recessionary economic conditions we find that dividends have less information content than earnings in periods of growth and stability, but more in periods of economic adversity.     

Earnings Response Coefficients and Dividend Policy Parameters

In a seminal paper. Ball and Brown (1968) documented a positive statistical association between earnings surprises and stock returns around an earnings announcement. They concluded that accounting earnings conveyed ‘useful’ information to the market. However, the question of how accounting earnings convey useful information is still being understood. Recent work on this topic has found that current accounting earnings aid investors and analysts in predicting future accounting earnings. Few studies, however, have examined the usefulness of current earnings for predicting other value-relevant attributes. A model by Ohlson (1989a) suggests that investors are also interested in the relationship between current earnings and future dividends. Ohlson's model is supported by empirical tests in this paper which show that the relationship between current earnings and future dividends is significant in explaining cross-sectional variation in earnings response coefficients (ERCs). A second result of interest is that information in dividends substitutes for that in accounting earnings. We find that dividend policy parameters reflect information contained in current earnings. These results add new insights on the information revealed through the analysis of ERCs. Consistent with logic presented here, a symmetrically opposite result is found with respect to dividend response coefficients. The informativeness of earnings (dividends) is found to be negatively (positively) related to the information content of dividends.     

Dividend Omissions and Intraindustry Information Transfers

We examine potential information transfers from companies that announce dividend omissions to their industry rivals. Specifically, we examine the abnormal stock returns and abnormal earnings forecast revisions of rivals after a company makes a dividend‐omission announcement. Our results show negative and significant abnormal stock returns and negative and significant abnormal forecast revisions for rival companies in response to the announcement, and a significant and positive relation between the two. We conclude that a dividend‐omission announcement transmits unfavorable information across the announcing company's industry that affects cash flow expectations and ultimately stock prices.     

The Chinese Stock Dividend Puzzle

In this paper, we examine the announcement effects of dividends with an emphasis on stock dividends in China's capital market. We find that dividend-paying stocks exhibit significantly positive abnormal returns while non-dividend-paying stocks show a negative announcement effect. Further, we document that the cumulative abnormal returns for pure stock dividends and combined dividends are the main drivers of this announcement effect. In contrast, pure cash dividend stocks experience no significant price run-up before announcement. The significant announcement effect of stock dividends is robust to controlling the earnings surprise effect. We offer some discussion of the possible explanations.     

Earnings and Dividend Announcements: Is There a Corroboration Effect?

We examine abnormal stock returns surrounding contemporaneous earnings and dividend announcements in order to determine whether investors evaluate the two announcements in relation to each other. We find that there is a statistically significant interaction effect. The abnormal return corresponding to any earnings or dividend announcement depends upon the value of the other announcement. This evidence suggests the existence of a corroborative relationship between the two announcements. Investors give more credence to unanticipated dividend increases or decreases when earnings are also above or below expectations, and vice versa.