Corporate scandals and the market response of dividend payout changes

Taeyoon Sung, Daehwan Kim, Ludwig Chincarini

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Abstract

This paper examines whether the dividend valuation changed after corporate accounting scandals such as that of Enron in October 2001 broke out. We find that dividend increasing firms experienced positive abnormal returns in the industry affected by corporate scandals up to four months after the first scandal in the industry became public. We interpret this finding in the context of the agency theory of Jensen (1986). To provide a perspective, we examine the dividend valuation from early 1980s to early 2000s, and find that the dividend valuation increased consistently for this time period. We also find that the dividend valuation was highest in the information technology industry after the year 2000. These findings fit well with the agency theory as well.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)535-549
Number of pages15
JournalApplied Financial Economics
Volume16
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006 Apr 1

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics

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