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Dividend Policy and Institutional Ownership: Empirical Evidence using a Propensity Score Matching Estimator

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  • Richard Hofler
  • Julie Ann Elston

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  • Junsoo Lee

Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between institutional ownership and dividend payout behavior of the firm in Germany. Using a propensity scoring method estimator to control for endogeneity problems, we find evidence that neither institutional ownership nor bank control is statistically significant in determining dividend payouts. These findings are consistent with stylized facts regarding the nature of the German institutional environment, which, through the rights of management to retain a significant percentage of the net profits of the firm and lack of tax incentives, reduce agency costs associated with conflicts between management and shareholder interests regarding use of the firm's free cash flow.

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Paper provided by Max Planck Institute of Economics, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group in its series Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy with number 2004-27.

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Length: 35 pages
Date of creation: Feb 2004
Handle: RePEc:esi:egpdis:2004-27
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  • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
  • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
  • G35 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Payout Policy
  • C0 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General

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Cited by:

  1. Chung-Hua Shen & Yuan Chang, 2009. "Ambition Versus Conscience, Does Corporate Social Responsibility Pay off? The Application of Matching Methods," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 88(1), pages 133-153, April.

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