2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2009.12.003
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Tax reform and payout policy: Do shareholder clienteles or payout policy adjust?

Abstract: Changes in taxation of corporate dividends offer excellent opportunities to study dividend clientele effects. We explore payout policies and ownership structures around a major tax reform that took place in Finland in 2004. Consistent with dividend clienteles affecting firms' dividend policy decisions, we find that Finnish firms altered their dividend policies based on the changed tax incentives of their largest shareholders. While firms adjust their payout policies, our results also indicate that ownership st… Show more

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“…In researching the tax effect for the drop of prices on the ex-dividend date, empirical studies primarily use changes in tax systems. For example, the authors of [21] corroborated the tax clientele effect, though the tax effect was not upheld in the study by these authors [35], for example.…”
Section: Market Imperfectionsmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…In researching the tax effect for the drop of prices on the ex-dividend date, empirical studies primarily use changes in tax systems. For example, the authors of [21] corroborated the tax clientele effect, though the tax effect was not upheld in the study by these authors [35], for example.…”
Section: Market Imperfectionsmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Ditinjau dari aspek perpajakan, kepemilikan institusional merupakan higher-taxed institutional investor, sehingga investor institusional cenderung tidak menyukai pembayaran dividen yang tinggi. Investor institusi beranggapan bahwa dengan adanya pembagian dividen, manajer perusahaan dianggap tidak mampu melihat peluang-peluang investasi yang menguntungkan (Jain 2007 Korkeamaki et al (2010), Reformasi Pajak melalui perubahan tarif pajak telah memberikan dampak positif pada kebijakan dividen yang selanjutnya berpengaruh terhadap tingkat kepemilikan saham secara keseluruhan. Begitupula dengan hasil penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Zulaikah (2012) yang menunjukkan bahwa penurunan tarif pajak penghasilan dividen wajib pajak orang pribadi dalam negeri memoderasi pengaruh kepemilikan manajerial terhadap peningkatan kebijakan pembayaran dividen perusahaan.…”
Section: Hipotesisunclassified
“…Hal ini menimbulkan pertanyaan apakah perubahan peraturan perpajakan tersebut juga memoderasi preferensi investor individual untuk menginvestasikan sahamnya pada perusahaan yang membagikan dividen dalam jumlah yang cenderung meningkat. Sejalan dengan penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Wu (1996), Korkeamaki et al (2010), dan Zulaikah (2012), maka hipotesis dalam penelitian ini adalah: H3: Perubahan Peraturan Perpajakan memoderasi pengaruh kebijakan dividen terhadap kepemilikan individual.…”
Section: Hipotesisunclassified
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