Stock dividends policy and liquidity of ex ante announcement

Zhiqiang Ye, Zhi Zhang and Songlian Tang

China Finance Review International, 2015, vol. 5, issue 3, 258-276

Abstract: Purpose - – The purpose of this paper is to test the relationship between stock dividends policy and liquidity of ex ante announcement to improve the traditional stock dividends liquidity hypothesis. Design/methodology/approach - – The authors examine a sample of 2,088 which matching stocks between having stock dividends policy and having no dividends policy during 1999-2012 in Chinese listed firms. Using the multiple liner regression, the authors empirically tests the relationship between the possibility, payout ratio and timing choice of stock dividends and the liquidity of ex ante announcement. Findings - – The authors find that the possibility of stock dividends policy has negative relationship with liquidity, and the relationship of stock dividends and liquidity of ex ante announcement is influenced by the time choice of stock dividends. Originality/value - – This paper study the reason of stock dividends policy from the perspective of liquidity and improve the traditional stock dividends liquidity hypothesis.

Keywords: Illiquidity; Liquidity hypothesis; Stock dividends (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1108/CFRI-09-2014-0076

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