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Optimal dividends for a NatCat insurer in the presence of a climate tipping point
Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.Abstract We study optimal dividend strategies for an insurance company facing natural catastrophe claims, anticipating the arrival of a climate tipping point after which the claim intensity and/or the claim size distribution of the underlying risks deteriorates irreversibly.
Hansjörg Albrecher +2 more
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Executive Financial Incentives and Payout Policy: Firm Responses to the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut [PDF]
We test whether executive stock ownership affects firm payouts using the 2003 dividend tax cut to identify an exogenous change in the after-tax value of dividends. We find that executives with higher stock ownership were more likely to increase dividends
Jeffrey R. Brown +2 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Motivated by the growing attention and concerns surrounding climate change and the potential role of institutional investors' ownership concentration (OC) in reducing corporations' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, this article explores the relationship between various forms of institutional ownership and firms' GHG emission intensity. To do so,
Daniele Giordino +3 more
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A Catering Theory of Dividends [PDF]
We develop a theory in which the decision to pay dividends is driven by investor demand. Managers cater to investors by paying dividends when investors put a stock price premium on payers and not paying when investors prefer nonpayers.
Jeffrey Wurgler, Malcolm Baker
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the causal effects of mandated ESG disclosure on two key corporate financial outcomes: earnings quality and cost of capital. Using a panel dataset of 210 publicly listed firms from eight European Union countries between 2015 and 2024, the study exploits cross‐country variation in the timing and intensity of ESG ...
Isik Akin, Meryem Akin
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Taxes and the valuation of dividends: a study of dividend announcements in Germany [PDF]
This paper investigates the impact of the 2001 tax reform in Germany on dividend announcement returns. With this major tax reform, the full imputation system was replaced by the half-income system, which had a significant impact on the relative taxation ...
Haesner, Christian, Schanz, Deborah
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental accountability has become a global priority, with governments implementing policies like the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. However, many firms continue to operate outside environmentally ethical standards, facing potential regulatory, financial, and reputational risks.
Ones Amri +3 more
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Corporate Payout Policy in Japan [PDF]
This paper examines cash dividends and share repurchases in Japan - discerning between keiretsu and non-keiretsu groupings of firms - during the period 1990 to 2008, a period of extensive Japanese corporate governance reform.
Abhinav Goyal, Cal Muckley
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT National and supranational institutions are establishing emission trading systems and control schemes in an attempt to manage stakeholders' willingness to engage with regulatory systems and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Nonetheless, despite the national and supranational focus on carbon neutrality, little research has been centered ...
Daniele Giordino +3 more
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An efficient binomial approach to the pricing of options on stocks with cash dividends [PDF]
In this contribution, we consider options written on stocks which pay cash dividends. Dividend payments have an effect on the value of options: high dividends imply lower call premia and higher put premia.
Martina Nardon, Paolo Pianca
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