Dividend Policy: Its Impact on Firm Value

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Dividends get very little respect these days. In the last several years, they have accounted for only about 10 percent of investor total returns, but in the 100-year history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, dividends have accounted for about 40 percent of investor returns; reinvest dividends and it's closer to half of total returns. Why do individual firms have such dramatically different dividend yields, and why do yields vary so much over time? How do managers go about making dividend-policy decisions, and is a carefully managed dividend policy worth the bother? These are some of the questions that Ronald C. Lease and his coauthors answer in Dividend Policy.

Have you ever felt you just knew something to be true, but you couldn't prove it? After careful review of all the theory and scientific evidence regarding the impact of corporate dividend policy, the authors conclude, "the benefit of a managed policy seems to escape theoretical modeling and systematic detection." Nonetheless, managers behave as though they believed dividend policy were important, and investors interpret dividend changes as signals of future profitability. The announcement of dividend changes, even the timing of the announcement, causes predictable changes in share prices and sends messages to the markets, which put a premium on dividend stability and gradual sustainable increases.

The book includes a brief history of the evolution of dividends, statistics on dividends relative to profits and capital investments, their importance as a component of investor total returns, the relationship of dividends to share price, how management makes dividend decisions, and the impact of different tax regulations on dividend policies. Dividend payouts also are contrasted with stock repurchases. It's all here for the corporate manager who sets dividend policy. For the investor, here's everything you ever wanted to know about dividends, and much you never thought to ask. --Scott Harrison

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This authoritative guide--the only in-depth survey of dividend policy--challenges the belief that corporate executives and financial analysts should dismiss dividend policy as irrelevant to shareholder wealth. Dividend policy does matter, say the authors, as they cite many classic and contemporary examples to show how dividend policy decisions play out in the marketplace. A carefully planned and executed policy is critical to maximizing shareholder wealth. This accessible, practical book covers every aspect of sound dividend planning and implementation. It includes a brief history of the evolution of dividends, statistics on dividends relative to profits and capital investments, their importance as a component of investor total returns, the relationship of dividends to share price, how management makes dividend decisions, and the impact of different tax regulations on dividend policies. The book focuses less on mathematics and more on the intuition of share valuation as a function of dividend policy. While the authors acknowledge the irrelevance of dividend policy in a world with perfect capital markets, they stress how market imperfections such as taxes, imperfect information, and agency issues can alter the dividend irrelevance conclusion. The book devotes special chapters to international dividend policy and to share repurchases as an alternative to dividend payouts. It concludes with the authors' recommendations on how managers should incorporate market imperfections most relevant to their firms in setting dividend policy. Dividend Policy is a must-have resource for all managers, executives, and institutional investors.

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Its Safe.......2007-05-13

I was leary of this book. Was it going to have me deep in formulas or fighting to stay awake? Well, I'm here to report: Be not afraid!

This book is one of those rarities that delivers exactly what its title says.

Review of Dividend Policy by RLC.......2000-06-10

This book takes a very in depth view from an analytic standpoint as well as a practical standpoint. The conditions of a Perfect Capital Market are explored and then the realities of today's markets are evaluated with regard to dividend policy. It turns out dividend policy does matter - perhaps that doesn't surprise you but now there is better evidence to support the claims.

Great Background Material.......2000-04-23

The book gives a comprehensive review of the research that has been done about dividends. A great place to start your own research.

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This definitive new book should appeal to everyone who produces, uses, or evaluates scientific data. Ensures accuracy and reliability. Dr. Taylor's book provides guidance for the development and implementation of a credible quality assurance program, plus it also provides chemists and clinical chemists, medical and chemical researchers, and all scientists and managers the ideal means to ensure accurate and reliable work. Chapters are presented in a logical progression, starting with the concept of quality assurance, principles of good measurement, principles of quality assurance, and evaluation of measurement quality. Each chapter has a degree of independence so that it may be consulted separately from the others.

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Binding: Digital

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Title: The role of reference materials in quality assurance for chemical measurement.
Author: Byron Kratochvil
Publication: Canadian Chemical News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 1995
Publisher: Chemical Institute of Canada
Volume: v47 Issue: n5 Page: p40(3)

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