There have been many studies in the field of dividends in the last twenty seven years. The aim of this paper is to contrast the Barclay study (1987), and to complement Venkatesh study (1989).In this research, we conclude that, in Chile, contrary to Barclay is conclusion, the share returns, immediately after the date of closing, do not show a drop in the amount of the dividend. Finally, complementing Venkatesh study, we reached the conclusion that the average volatibility of the twenty five day prior to the closing is lower than that of the twenty five days following the closing.

Los estudios realizados en mercados de capitales desarrollados han encontrado retornos anormales positivos de hasta 15% sobre el valor de mercado de la empresa a ser adquirida en el momento de anunciarse una Oferta Pública de Adquisición (OPA) sobre la misma. En Sudamérica existen pocos estudios sobre si el lanzamiento de una OPA genera un incremento sobre el valor de mercado de la empresa a ser adquirida. No obstante, los estudios realizados reportan rendimientos anormales positivos entre 25% y 50% relacionados con el anuncio de la primera OPA. En este trabajo, se argumenta que la razón de los excesivos rendimientos anormales se debe a que han sido obtenidos asumiendo que los mercados se encuentran completamente segmentados aplicándole el modelo de mercado con un índice local. Mediante el uso de un modelo de mercado que permite la integración parcial entre cinco mercados emergent...

There have been many studies in the field of dividends in the last twenty seven years. The aim of this paper is to contrast the Barclay study (1987), and to complement Venkatesh study (1989). In this research, we conclude that, in Chile, contrary to Barclay is conclusion, the share returns, immediately after the date of closing, do not show a drop in the amount of the dividend. Finally, complementing Venkatesh study, we reached the conclusion that the average volatibility of the twenty five day prior to the closing is lower than that of the twenty five days following the closing.

This paper compares the main proposals that have been made in order to estimate discount rates in emerging markets. Seven methods are used to estimate the cost of equity capital in the case of global well-diversified investors; two methods are used to estimate it in the case of imperfectly diversified local institutional investors; and one method is used to estimate the required return in the case of non-diversified entrepreneurs. Using the first nine methods one estimates the costs of equity for all economic sectors in six Latin American emerging markets. Consistently with studies applied to other regions a great deal of disparity is observed between the discount rates obtained across the different models which implies that no model is better than the others. Likewise the paper shows that Latin American markets are in a process of becoming more integrated with the world market because d...

This paper compares the main proposals that have been made in order to estimate discount rates in emerging markets. Seven methods are used to estimate the cost of equity capital in the case of global well-diversified investors; two methods are used to estimate it in the case of imperfectly diversified local institutional investors; and one method is used to estimate the required return in the case of non-diversified entrepreneurs. Using the first nine methods, one estimates the costs of equity for all economic sectors in six Latin American emerging markets. Consistently with studies applied to other regions, a great deal of disparity is observed between the discount rates obtained across the different models, which implies that no model is better than the others. Likewise, the paper shows that Latin American markets are in a process of becoming more integrated with the world market becau...