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Special Episode: What’s Wrong with Buybacks?

2022/8/10
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All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions

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Are buybacks bad for business? Should firms buy dividends instead, or just not make payouts?

In this episode of All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions, hosts and finance professors

Jonathan Berk and Jules van Binsbergen debunk myths about buybacks. They explain what a

buyback, or share repurchase, is and why companies choose to use them, as well as the

implications of the Inflation Reduction Act’s proposal to assess a 1% tax on buybacks.

All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions* is a podcast produced by Stanford Graduate School of*

Business. It is hosted by Jonathan Berk, The A.P. Giannini Professor of Finance at Stanford

GSB, and Jules van Binsbergen, The Nippon Life Professor in Finance, Professor of Finance, at

*The Wharton School. Each episode provides insight into how to make better decisions. *

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