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| Author: | Ho, S.-J. K. Wu, C. |
| Title: | The Earnings Information Content of Dividend Initiations and Omissions |
| Journal: | Journal of Business Finance and Accounting
2001 : VOL. 28:7-8, p. 963-978 |
| Index terms: | BIAS INFORMATION DIVIDENDS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Previous studies have found that dividend initiations and omissions convey important information about subsequent earnings changes. However, this finding may be subject to a sample survival bias. The authors find that survivorship does not affect the positive relation between dividend changes and past earnings changes. Also, the authors find dividend omitting firms are able to generate significantly positive earnings one to two years after the omission. However, contrary to previous findings, firms' earnings are not significantly increased following the dividend initiation. The results suggest that survivorship tends to bias inference toward finding that dividends signal future earnings. |
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