Optimal dividend payment under a ruin constraint is a two objective control problem 1 which – in simple models – can be solved numerically by three essentially different methods. One 2 is based on a modified Bellman equation and the policy improvement method (see (2003)). In this 3 paper we use explicit formulas for running allowed ruin probabilities which avoid a complete search 4 and speed up...

We show that the dividend growth rate implied by the futures market is informative about (i) the expected dividend growth rate and (ii) the expected dividend risk premium. We model the dividend risk premium and explore its implications for the predictability of dividend growth and aggregate stock returns. We show that accounting for the dividend risk premium strengthens the predictability of di...

We present a new approach to examining the dividend signalling hypothesis by investigating dividend resumptions by former payers. Evidence regarding the signalling hypothesis has been mixed to date. In support of previous work, we find that dividend policy is sticky, whereby the achievement of profitability does not necessarily lead to the resumption of dividend payment. We find no evidence of ...

High dividend yields imply that either future dividend growth must be low, or future discount rates must be high, or both. While previous studies have focused on the predictability of expected returns from dividend yields, dividend yields also strongly predict future dividends, and the predictability of dividend growth is much stronger than discount rates returns at a 1-year horizon. Inference ...

This paper considers a new risk model with constant dividend barrier, which the claim amount affected by threshold value. The hypothesis of is presented and integro-differential equation for Gerber-Shiu penalty function given. Then linear solution discounted figured out. also derives expected payments. An example given too.

Based upon an examination of 987 ex-dividend events that took place on the Taiwan Stock Exchange between January 1992 and December 2006, we find that differential taxes are an important factor in terms of their effects on share prices and the behavior of investors around the ex-dividend day. Ex-day price drop ratio increases with the average investor’s preference for dividend relative to capita...

3 ABSTRACT This paper investigates the dividend decisions of firms in the UK reporting losses after sustained periods of profitability. It is found that loss-making firms are more likely to reduce dividends compared to firms that remain profitable, although a loss is far from a guarantee that the dividend payment will be reduced. A lower propensity to reduce dividends is found in the UK relativ...

The article deals with dividends and their distribution from investors from a theoretical point of view. Some studies try to analyzed the reaction of the market on the dividend announcement and found out the change of dividend policy is associated with abnormal returns around the dividend announcement date. Another researches directly questioned the investors about their dividend preference and...