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Payout policy and cash-flow uncertainty

Title
Payout policy and cash-flow uncertainty
Authors
Chay J.B.Suh J.
Ewha Authors
서정원
SCOPUS Author ID
서정원scopus
Issue Date
2009
Journal Title
Journal of Financial Economics
ISSN
0304-405XJCR Link
Citation
Journal of Financial Economics vol. 93, no. 1, pp. 88 - 107
Indexed
SSCI; SCOPUS WOS scopus
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The importance of cash-flow uncertainty in payout policy has received little attention in empirical studies, while survey studies such as [Lintner, J., 1956. Distribution of incomes of operations among dividends, retained earnings, and taxes. American Economic Review 46, 97-113.] and [Brav, A., Graham, J., Harvey C., Michaely, R., 2005. Payout policy in the 21st century. Journal of Financial Economics 77, 483-527.] indicate its importance. With worldwide firm-level data, we present evidence that cash-flow uncertainty is an important cross-sectional determinant of corporate payout policy. Our results show that across countries, cash-flow uncertainty, as proxied by stock return volatility, has a negative impact on the amount of dividends as well as the probability of paying dividends. The impact of cash-flow uncertainty on dividends is generally stronger than the impact of other potential determinants of payout policy-such as the earned/contributed capital mix, agency conflicts, and investment opportunities. We also find that the effect of cash-flow uncertainty on dividends is distinct from the effect of a firm's financial life-cycle stage. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
DOI
10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.12.001
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