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Article: Do changes in dividends signal the future or the past?
Title | Do changes in dividends signal the future or the past? |
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Issue Date | 1997 |
Citation | Journal of Finance, 1997, v. 52, n. 3, p. 1007-1034 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Many dividend theories imply that changes in dividends have information content about the future earnings of the firm. We investigate this implication and find only limited support for it. Firms that increase dividends in year 0 have experienced significant earnings increases in years -1 and 0, but show no subsequent unexpected earnings growth. Also, the size of the dividend increase does not predict future earnings. Firms that cut dividends in year 0 have experienced a reduction in earnings in year 0 and in year -1, but these firms go on to show significant increases in earnings in year 1. However, consistent with Lintner's model on dividend policy, firms that increase dividends are less likely than nonchanging firms to experience a drop in future earnings. Thus, their increase in concurrent earnings can be said to be somewhat "permanent." In spite of the lack of future earnings growth, firms that increase dividends have significant (though modest) positive excess returns for the following three years. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/326022 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 7.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 19.139 |
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dc.contributor.author | Benaetzi, Shlomo | - |
dc.contributor.author | Michaely, Roni | - |
dc.contributor.author | Thaler, Richard | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-09T09:57:28Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-09T09:57:28Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1997 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Finance, 1997, v. 52, n. 3, p. 1007-1034 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-1082 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/326022 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Many dividend theories imply that changes in dividends have information content about the future earnings of the firm. We investigate this implication and find only limited support for it. Firms that increase dividends in year 0 have experienced significant earnings increases in years -1 and 0, but show no subsequent unexpected earnings growth. Also, the size of the dividend increase does not predict future earnings. Firms that cut dividends in year 0 have experienced a reduction in earnings in year 0 and in year -1, but these firms go on to show significant increases in earnings in year 1. However, consistent with Lintner's model on dividend policy, firms that increase dividends are less likely than nonchanging firms to experience a drop in future earnings. Thus, their increase in concurrent earnings can be said to be somewhat "permanent." In spite of the lack of future earnings growth, firms that increase dividends have significant (though modest) positive excess returns for the following three years. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Finance | - |
dc.title | Do changes in dividends signal the future or the past? | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2307/2329514 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0011296488 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 52 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1007 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1034 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:A1997XW35200003 | - |