Abstract
We propose that ex-dividend day excess volume is motivated by tax heterogeneity among investors, and thus is increasing in investor tax heterogeneity. Institutional ownership is our measure of heterogeneity. Since investor heterogeneity is a concave function of institutional ownership, we hypothesize that ex-day volume is a concave function of institutional ownership. Cross-sectional tests support the tax-motivated trading hypothesis. Additional tests, using trade size and pension ownership as proxies for institutional trades, yield similar results. We contribute to the literature by considering the interaction between payout policy and ownership structure in explaining the cross-sectional variation in ex-day volume. 2006 by The American Finance Association.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 463-490 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Journal of Finance |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2006 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Accounting
- Finance
- Economics and Econometrics