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Intercorporate Ownership, Taxes, and Corporate Payout Choices

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This paper examines whether corporate payout choices (dividends or share repurchases) are associated with intercorporate ownership in a firm. Using the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) and the Inter‐Corporate Ownership (ICO) database from Statistics Canada, I find that intercorporate ownership is positively associated with a firm’s propensity to pay dividends and negatively associated with a firm’s propensity to repurchase shares. The findings are robust to the endogeneity of intercorporate ownership and the inclusion of various control variables such as firm size, risk, liquidity, growth, and profitability. Liens de participation intersociétés, impôts et choix de l’entreprise en matière de distribution Résumé L’auteur se demande si les choix de l’entreprise en matière de distribution (dividendes ou rachat d’actions) sont associés aux liens de participation (ou liens de parenté) intersociétés qui la caractérisent. En utilisant le SEDAR (Système électronique de données, d’analyse et de recherche) et la base de données Liens de parenté entre sociétés de Statistique Canada, l’auteur constate que ces liens de participation sont en relation positive avec la propension de l’entreprise à verser des dividendes et en relation négative avec la propension de l’entreprise à racheter des actions. Ces observations résistent à l’endogénéité des liens de participation intersociétés et à l’inclusion de diverses variables de contrôle telles que la taille de l’entreprise, le risque, la liquidité, la croissance et la rentabilité.

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  • Tao Zeng, 2011. "Intercorporate Ownership, Taxes, and Corporate Payout Choices," Accounting Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 10(4), pages 265-283, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:accper:v:10:y:2011:i:4:p:265-283
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3838.2011.00027.x
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