The Growth and Welfare Effects of Deficit‐Financed Dividend Tax Cuts

I develop a tractable growth model that allows me to study analytically transition dynamics and welfare in response to a deficit‐financed cut of the tax rate on distributed dividends. I then carry out a quantitative assessment of the Job Growth and Taxpayer Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA) of 2003. I find that the Act produces lower steady‐state growth despite the fact that the economy’s saving and employment ratios rise. Most importantly, it produces a welfare loss of 19.34% of annual consumption per capita—a substantial effect driven by the fact that the steady‐state growth rate falls from 2% to 1.08%.     

Stock Market Development and the Decline of the Portion of Dividend Payers throughout the World

I contend that stock market development has substantially contributed to the decline of dividend payers worldwide. Using data from 31 countries, my research shows that stock market development makes firms in countries with a relatively high dependence on stock market financing less likely to pay dividends, to pay less, and more likely to omit. These results also are robust to the sample selection, the time‐varying firm characteristics, and the differences in legal systems, capital market scales, and country‐level information disclosure.     

上市公司"既分又配"现象的实证分析

在我国上市公司"既分又配"的现象普遍存在,这种有悖于一般财务政策的行为为什么会存在呢?国内的学者很少进行研究,本文就在已经分红的基础上从影响"既分又配"股利政策的因素人手,通过实证分析,发现仅有资产规模、净资产盈利率、股市行情等对"既分又配"有明显的影响,而且影响的方向与我们预期的相同.但是,企业的成长能力、股权自由流量的影响并没有得到实证分析的证明,有待于进一步研究.     

我国资本市场开放的政策效应研究——现金股利视角的准自然实验

开放是现代经济体系和成熟金融市场的基本特征,资本市场在助力更高水平开放和推动创新转型方面被寄予厚望。本文以现金股利水平为切入点,利用"沪港通"实施构建准自然实验,验证资本市场开放对企业微观行为的政策效应。研究发现,我国资本市场开放显著提高上市公司现金股利水平,这一提升作用主要体现在代理成本高和公司成熟度低的企业中。中介效应检验显示,资金流动性增加和盈利能力上升是资本市场开放提高现金股利水平的重要渠道,而内部治理水平的中介效应并不显著。本文结论为推动资本市场高质量开放提供了经验证据,具有一定启示作用。     

中小股民投资收益结构的实证分析――以中小股民投资者为例

随着时代的发展,我国股市逐渐发展起来,越来越多的股民入股,但随着股市结构及政策的变化,我国的中小股民投资收益结构也发生了一定变化。本文通过对中小股民投资收益结构进行分析,研究我国股民的收益分类以及股民具体的构成,从而对我国的股民结构和公司结构进行深入研究,并且对于培养高水平且持续稳定的分红上市公司也有一定研究。     

货币政策不确定性与企业现金持有——现金股利视角的新解释

研究利用中国A股上市公司样本,系统探讨了货币政策不确定性对企业现金持有策略的影响.研究发现:随着货币政策不确定性的提高,企业现金持有水平降低.深入研究发现货币政策不确定性对企业现金持有策略的影响主要通过现金股利渠道发挥作用,即在货币政策不确定性较高时期,企业持有的现金更多用于支持现金股利分配,籍此向市场传递积极信号.进一步研究排除了投资机会与代理成本等潜在干扰因素的影响,并且结合产权性质差异的分析发现货币政策不确定性对于非国有企业现金持有策略的影响更为明显.研究一方面基于不确定性视角为货币政策如何影响企业现金管理策略提出了新解释——现金股利渠道,有助于更好地理解我国上市公司的现金持有策略;另一方面也说明货币政策频繁调整所导致的货币政策不确定性很可能是加剧实体经济经营风险的宏观诱因.     

Edgeworth rejective core and dividends equilibria of satiated exchange economies

For an exchange economy, under assumptions which did not bring about the existence of equilibrium with dividends as yet, we prove the non-emptiness of the Edgeworth rejective core. Then, via  and ’s decentralization result, we solve the equilibrium with dividends existence problem. Adding to the same assumptions a weak non-satiation condition which differs from the weak non-satiation assumption introduced by Allouch and Le Van (2009), we show in the last section the existence of a Walrasian quasiequilibrium. This result, which fits with exchange economies whose consumers’ utility functions are not assumed to be upper semicontinuous, complements the one obtained by Martins-da-Rocha and Monteiro (2009).     

Stock dividends in China: signalling or liquidity explanations?

We test alternative hypotheses on a sample of Chinese stock dividends. The inverse Mills ratio, a signal about future performance, is positively related to announcement returns but does not predict higher future performance. Analysts do not revise their earnings forecasts after the announcement date. Our results are more consistent with liquidity‐based theories. We find that managers choose higher stock dividend ratios if share prices deviate more from the industry‐wide average. Increases in proportional spreads, depth, and the number of trades and decreases in average trade size, and price impact suggest greater participation of liquidity and small investors following stock dividends.     

Tax‐efficient irregular payout methods: The case of B share schemes and capital repayments via a court‐approved scheme of arrangement

Advance corporation tax (ACT) increased the tax cost to UK firms of distributing cash to shareholders. We demonstrate how the tax cost arising from ACT payments affected the channels through which UK firms returned capital to shareholders. In particular, we document and describe two unconventional irregular payout methods that enabled firms to avoid paying ACT. Firms choosing these methods are associated with significantly greater ACT problems than a control sample of firms that opted for conventional self‐tender offers and special dividends. Event study tests indicate that the decision to adopt tax‐efficient payout methods created significant additional value for shareholders beyond the basic cash distribution decision.