Search for dissertations about: "dividend and dividend policy"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words dividend and dividend policy.
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1. Do Dividend Changes Really Signal? : Evidence from Sweden
Abstract : The purpose of the studies in this thesis is to clarify and hopefully shed some light on one important issue in dividend policy: the market reaction to announcements of cash dividends (changes) on the Swedish market.The first study, Joint Dividend and Earnings Announcements, Firm Size and Tax Law Changes, examines stock price reaction to joint dividend and earnings announcements. READ MORE
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2. Corporate governance and controlling shareholders
Abstract : The classical corporation, as described by Berle and Means (1932), was characterized by ownership that is dispersed between many small shareholders, yet control was concentrated in the hands of managers. This ownership structure created the conflict of interest between managers and dispersed shareholders. More recent empirical work (see, e.g. READ MORE
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3. Institutional Ownership - the Anonymous Capital : Corporate Governance and Investment Performance
Abstract : This thesis consists of five separate essays and an introductory chapter, The essays can be read independently from each other, but they are all in the field of corporate governance and investment performance. Specifically, the focus is on the role of institutional owners in the conflict between controlling shareholders and minority owners. READ MORE
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4. Essays on environmental policy analysis : computable general equilibrium approaches applied to Sweden
Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays within the field of applied environmental economics, with the common basic aim of analyzing effects of Swedish environmental policy. Starting out from Swedish environmental goals, the thesis assesses a range of policy-related questions. READ MORE
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5. On capital formation and the effects of capital income taxation
Abstract : How should a tax on realized capital gains be designed in order to yield the same revenue and the same impacts on savings and portfolio choice as a tax on current income? Should income from risky investments be taxed at a higher or lower rate than income from assets without risk? How is the capital structure and the dividend policy of firms determined in the presence of taxes and what are the effects of tax differentials on the debt ratio, on the dividend policy, on the capial intensity, on the willingness to take nonfinancial risks and on the welfare of workers and investors? These and related questions are analyzed in this dissertation, which uses models based on the theory of neoclassical economics and the theory of finance. As background, a comprehensive presentation is given of the theory of savings, investment and portfolio choice. READ MORE