Adding shareholder value through dividend policy: Evidence from the United Kingdom on tax-based shareholder clienteles

This paper addresses the question of dividend clienteles based on shareholder-level taxation. In the United Kingdom in 1997, radical changes were made to the way in which the dominant shareholder clientele was taxed on dividend income. These changes provided a unique quasi-experimental opportunity f...

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Main Author: Sheila Killian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2008-04-01
Series:Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences
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Online Access:https://jefjournal.org.za/index.php/jef/article/view/359