Taxation and the Cash Flow Sensitivity of Dividends

Jacob, Marcus; Jacob, Martin

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2100300

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Taxation and the Cash Flow Sensitivity of Dividends

Marcus Jacob

WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

July 4, 2012

Economics Letters, Vol. 118, No. 1, 2013

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This paper investigates tax reasons for cross-sectional deviations from the general consensus in literature that a firm’s cash flow has a positive effect on dividend payout. We use a large multinational panel data set to show that the positive cash flow sensitivity of dividends is decreasing in dividend taxes.

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Keywords: taxation, dividends, cash flow sensitivity

JEL Classification: G10, H24, H25

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Date posted: July 4, 2012 ; Last revised: April 3, 2013

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Jacob, Marcus and Jacob, Martin, Taxation and the Cash Flow Sensitivity of Dividends (July 4, 2012). Economics Letters, Vol. 118, No. 1, 2013. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2100300 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2100300

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Marcus Jacob WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management ( email ) Burgplatz 2 Vallendar, 56179 Germany
Martin Jacob (Contact Author) WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management ( email ) Burgplatz 2 D-56179 Vallendar, 56179 Germany

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Taxation and the Cash Flow Sensitivity of Dividends

Marcus Jacob

Martin Jacob

Date posted: July 4, 2012 ; Last revised: April 3, 2013

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Marcus Jacob

Martin Jacob (Contact Author)