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Payout initiation by IPO firms: The choice between dividends and share repurchases

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  • Jain, Bharat A.
  • Shekhar, Chander
  • Torbey, Violet
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    This study evaluates the economics of the choice of form of payout initiation mechanism adopted by IPO firms. Our results suggest that IPO firms demonstrate a preference for repurchases over dividends as the specific form of payout initiation mechanism. We however, find that while the market views post-IPO payout initiations favorably, it is indifferent to the specific form of payout mechanism adopted. Further, we find that dividends and repurchases represent distinct payout mechanisms adopted by IPO firms with fundamentally different characteristics and motivation to initiate payouts during the post-IPO phase. Our results suggest that while dividend initiations are primarily driven by life cycle and catering theory considerations, signaling theory provides the more likely explanation for payout initiations through share repurchases.

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    Article provided by Elsevier in its journal The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance.

    Volume (Year): 49 (2009)
    Issue (Month): 4 (November)
    Pages: 1275-1297

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    Handle: RePEc:eee:quaeco:v:49:y:2009:i:4:p:1275-1297
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    Keywords: Dividend initiation Share repurchases IPOs Hazard analysis;

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