Dividends, sustainability and relevance

Andrea Mantovi ()

No 2011-EP03, Economics Department Working Papers from Department of Economics, Parma University (Italy)

Abstract: Sustainability and relevance of dividend policies are addressed in terms of an optimal control model set forth by Feichtinger et al. (2007), by means of which two different capitalization measures,accounting for dividends and capital gains, can be given explicit representation. In the light of the theory of capital tailored by Dorfman (1969), an intertemporal economic measure of shareholder value is introduced, together with the associated shadow price. Relevant tradeoffs and scale effects are thoroughly discussed, in connection with the Modigliani-Miller irrelevance framework. The ‘lens’ property of the model is interpreted as a benchmark property of payout policies.

Keywords: Optimal; control.; Shadow; prices.; Scale; effects.; Modigliani-Miller; irrelevance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D92 C61 G35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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