Investor Heterogeneity, Investor-Management Agreement and Share Repurchase

• Main Authors: Thakor, Anjan, HUANG, Sheng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: stock repurchase; corporate payout; agreement; investor heterogeneity; Finance and Financial Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3395
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper develops and tests a new theoretical explanation for why a firm conducts open-market stock repurchases. Investors may disagree with the manager about the firm’s investment projects. A repurchase causes a change in the investor base as investors who are more likely to disagree with the man...