A Theory of Stock Price Responses to Alternative Corporate Cash Disbursement Methods: Stock Repurchases and Dividends

AHARON R. OFER*, ANJAN V. THAKOR

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Abstract

This paper develops a model in which managers can signal their firms' true values by using either a dividend or a stock repurchase or both. The authors explain a number of stylized facts about these cash‐disbursement mechanisms, particularly those concerning the relative magnitudes of stock price responses to dividends and repurchases. Most importantly, they explain why a stock repurchase elicits a significantly higher price response, on average, than a dividend announcement. 1987 The American Finance Association

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)365-394
Number of pages30
JournalJournal of Finance
Volume42
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1987

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