We examine stock prices and the number of stocks traded around ex-dividend dates of German stocks with tax …-free dividend. Tax-free dividends are temporarily tax-exempt, as they reduce the initial purchasing price of a stock. With our … empirical results indicate that ex-date prices decline, on average, by the amount of the dividend. We do not find a significant …

This paper investigates the behavior of stock prices around ex-dividend dates in Europe over the period 2018-2022. In … dividend payments, leading to a shortage. Using a comprehensive sample of 14,844 dividend payments from 17 countries, we find … that the magnitude of abnormal returns around the ex-dividend date is significantly larger during this period compared to …

This paper investigates the impact of the 2001 tax reform in Germany on dividend announcement returns. With this major … market response to positive dividend surprises is more pronounced under the full imputation system, where dividends are … observed decline in the dividend response coefficient is synchronized with the 2001 tax reform and hence attributable to the …

This paper investigates the impact of the 2001 tax reform in Germany on dividend announcement returns. With this major … market response to positive dividend surprises is more pronounced under the full imputation system, where dividends are … observed decline in the dividend response coefficient is synchronized with the 2001 tax reform and hence attributable to the …