Taxation, Dividend Payments and Ex-Day Price-Changes
20 Pages Posted: 26 Jun 2015
Date Written: June 25, 2015
Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to study the effect of taxation on dividend payments and ex-dividend price-changes in Sweden during 1991-1995. Tax changes in Sweden during the 1990s were implemented in such a way that they provide an opportunity to include direct measures of the tax-treatment of dividends and capital gains in the empirical analysis, in contrast to previous studies. The results indicate that tax-reforms can have large effects on dividend payments, while the effects on ex-dividend price-changes are less conclusive.
Keywords: censoring; dividend; ex-dividend; taxation
JEL Classification: G12, G35
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