Marginal Stockholder Tax Effects and Ex-Dividend Day Behavior-Thirty-Two Years Later

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Edwin J. Elton

New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance

Martin J. Gruber

New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance

Christopher R. Blake

Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business

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Date Written: October 2002

Abstract

In 1970 Elton and Gruber (hereafter E&G) started an industry by studying the impact of taxes on investor decisions using the behavior of share prices around the ex-dividend date. E&G showed that if taxes enter investors decisions, then the fall in price on the ex-dividend day should reflect the post-tax value of the dividend relative to the post-tax value of capital gains on that day. Because dividends in most time periods are taxed more heavily than capital gains, the theory suggests that if taxes affect investor s choices, the fall in stock price should in general be less than the dividend.

Suggested Citation

Elton, Edwin J. and Gruber, Martin J. and Blake, Christopher R., Marginal Stockholder Tax Effects and Ex-Dividend Day Behavior-Thirty-Two Years Later (October 2002). NYU Working Paper No. FIN-02-047, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1294419

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