Using a data set of German stocks that includes the financial crisis, this paper identifies market liquidity as the main driver of return seasonality. In comparison, the economic significance of order flow imbalance is markedly weaker. Applying panel regressions and controlling for unobserved...

Untersucht wird die Auswirkung der Besteuerung von Aktienkursgewinnen auf die entscheidungsorientiert zu ermittelnden Eigenkapitalkosten von Unternehmungen. Sowohl für den Fall der internen als auch der externen Eigenfinanzierung eines zusätzlichen Investitionsprojektes kann gezeigt werden,...

We study the link between underpricing of initial public offerings (IPOs) and index excess returns in secondary markets. We use a theoretical model to argue that underpricing of IPOs raises investors' attention and, thereby, triggers investments in secondary markets. Our theoretical model...

In inefficient stock markets payout policy may be directly relevant for stock prices, not only by way of announcement effects considered in signaling games. We show that paying out free cash flow, either as a dividend or via repurchasing shares, has in general a positive price impact and...