Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19972 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy No. 2704
Publisher: 
Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems, Jena
Abstract: 
This study investigates the relationship between institutional ownership and dividend payout behavior of the firm in Germany. Using a propensity scoring method estimator to control for endogeneity problems, we find evidence that neither institutional ownership nor bank control is statistically significant in determining dividend payouts. These findings are consistent with stylized facts regarding the nature of the German institutional environment, which, through the rights of management to retain a significant percentage of the net profits of the firm and lack of tax incentives, reduce agency costs associated with conflicts between management and shareholder interests regarding use of the firm's free cash flow.
JEL: 
G3
G32
G35
C0
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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