A Test of the Relative Pricing Effects of Dividends and Earnings: Evidence from Simultaneous Announcements in Japan
We study the pricing effects of dividend and earnings announcements by taking advantage of the unique setting in Japan where managers simultaneously announce the current year's dividends and earnings as well as forecasts of next year's dividends and earnings. Defining surprises as deviations from analysts' forecasts, we find that share price reactions are significantly affected by earnings surprises, especially management forecasts of next year's earnings. The information content of dividends is marginal and is restricted to announcements of next year's dividends. Consistent with Modigliani and Miller's dividend irrelevance proposition, current dividend surprises have no material impact on stock prices in Japan. Copyright The American Finance Association 2000.
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2000
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Authors: | Conroy, Robert M. ; Eades, Kenneth M. ; Harris, Robert S. |
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Journal of Finance. - American Finance Association - AFA, ISSN 1540-6261. - Vol. 55.2000, 3, p. 1199-1227
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American Finance Association - AFA |
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