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Shareholders' Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cumulative Repurchasing Activity by Plan | The following table summarizes by repurchase plan the Company’s repurchasing activity:
|  | Cumulative shares repurchased |  | Average price per share
Non-Discretionary Plan (1994 through 2016) |  | 33,674 |  |  | $ | 29.92 |
Discretionary Plan (2001 through 2016) |  | 57,710 |  |  | $ | 40.57 |
Schedule of Stock Option Activity | The following table summarizes information about stock options:
|  | Number of shares |  | Weighted average exercise price per share |  | Weighted average remaining contractual life |  | Aggregate intrinsic value
Outstanding at December 31, 2015 |  | 18,732 |  |  | $ | 43.39 |  |  |  |  |
Options granted |  | 2,973 |  |  | $ | 47.39 |  |  |  |  |
Options exercised |  | (3,732 | ) |  | $ | 42.17 |  |  |  |  |
Options forfeited |  | (351 | ) |  | $ | 43.48 |  |  |  |  |
Options canceled |  | (248 | ) |  | $ | 49.38 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at December 31, 2016 |  | 17,374 |  |  | $ | 44.25 |  |  | 6.19 |  | $ | 151,274 |
Exercisable at December 31, 2016 |  | 7,334 |  |  | $ | 44.21 |  |  | 3.69 |  | $ | 64,181 |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Method Used | The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:
|  | For the years ended December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Dividend yield |  | 1.70 | % |  | 1.60 | % |  | 1.50 - 1.51% |
Volatility – stock option plans |  | 24 - 25% |  |  | 29 - 34% |  |  | 35 - 36% |
Volatility – stock purchase rights plans |  | 20 | % |  | 20 | % |  | 20 | %
Risk-free interest rates |  | 0.51 - 1.42% |  |  | 0.30 - 2.04% |  |  | 0.11 - 2.27% |
Expected life (years) – stock option plans |  | 5.5 - 6.5 |  |  | 6.41 - 7.47 |  |  | 6.52 - 7.43 |
Expected life (years) – stock purchase rights plans |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |
Weighted average fair value of stock options granted during the period |  | $ | 9.57 |  |  | $ | 13.44 |  |  | $ | 14.44 |
Weighted average fair value of stock purchase rights granted during the period |  | $ | 10.99 |  |  | $ | 10.45 |  |  | $ | 9.60 |
Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs | Total stock compensation expense and the total related tax benefit recognized are as follows:
|  | For the years ended December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Stock compensation expense |  | $ | 45,217 |  |  | 43,415 |  |  | 42,533 |
Recognized tax benefit |  | $ | 8,178 |  |  | 6,010 |  |  | 4,356 |

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