The Social Science Research Network is an excellent source of academic papers regarding many different topics. Don't be misled by the Social Science name, as the site has many financial and investing related papers.
Over the next week or so, I will post a list of the top ten downloaded financial or investing related papers. Some of them are classics and some may be a little surprising. Most of them are free to download as well.
This is the seventh most downloaded paper related to a financial or investing topic.
Taxes, Financing Decisions, and Firm Value - By Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French - 22,946 downloads.
Abstract
"We use cross-section regressions to study how a firm's value is related to dividends and debt. With a good control for profitability, the regressions can measure how the taxation of dividends and debt affects firm value. Simple tax hypotheses say that value is negatively related to dividends and positively related to debt. We find the opposite. We infer that dividends and debt convey information about profitability (expected net cash flows) missed by a wide range of control variables. This information about profitability obscures any tax effects of financing decisions."
Number 8.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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