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Stock Splits and Stock Dividends: Why, Who, and When

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 Lakonishok, Josef
Lev, Baruch
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This study investigates empirically why firms split their stock or distribute stock dividends and why the market reacts favorably to these distributions. The findings suggest that stock splits are mainly aimed at restoring stock prices to a "normal range." Some support can also be found for the oft-mentioned signaling motive of stock splits. Stock dividends are altogether different from stock splits and they appear to be a decreasing phenomenon. The clue to stock dividend distributions may lie in their perceived substitution for relatively low cash dividends. Copyright 1987 by American Finance Association.

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Volume (Year): 42 (1987)
Issue (Month): 4 (September)
Pages: 913-32
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Handle: RePEc:bla:jfinan:v:42:y:1987:i:4:p:913-32

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  1. Susana Menéndez & Silvia Gómez-Ansón, 2003. "Stock splits: motivations and valuation effects in the Spanish market," Investigaciones Economicas, Fundación SEPI, vol. 27(3), pages 459-490, September. [Downloadable!]
  2. Renneboog, L.D.R. & Spaenjers, C., 2008. "The Dutch Grey Market," Discussion Paper 2008-88, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Juan Carlos Gómez-Sala, 2001. "Rentabilidad y liquidez alrededor de la fecha de desdoblamiento de las acciones," Investigaciones Economicas, Fundación SEPI, vol. 25(1), pages 171-202, January. [Downloadable!]
  4. Bechmann, Ken L. & Raaballe, Johannes, 2004. "The Differences Between Stock Splits and Stock Dividends," Working Papers 2004-1, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Finance. [Downloadable!]
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