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Stock Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Stock Based Compensation [Abstract] |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Restricted Stock, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block] | The following is a summary of the key assumptions used in the valuation calculations for market based awards granted during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014:
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014
Risk free rate - minimum | 0.49% | 0.10% | 0.02%
Risk free rate - maximum | 1.27% | 1.05% | 0.80%
Dividend yield | 3.634% | 3.932% | 4.755%
Volatility - minimum | 18.41% | 15.41% | 18.31%
Volatility - maximum | 19.45% | 16.04% | 20.48%
Service period | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years
Nonvested Restricted Stock Shares Activity [Table Text Block] | A summary of the status of the nonvested restricted shares as of December 31, 2016, and the changes for the year ended December 31, 2016, is presented below:
Nonvested Shares |  | Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2016 |  | 187,941 |  |  | $ | 63.36 |
Issued |  | 119,039 |  |  | 79.51 |
Vested |  | (80,342 | ) |  | 64.00 |
Forfeited |  | (1,014 | ) |  | 71.84 |
Nonvested at December 31, 2016 |  | 225,624 |  |  | $ | 71.61 |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block] | The following is a summary of the key assumptions used in the Monte Carlo valuation calculations for stock options granted during the year ended December 31, 2016:
|  | 2016
Term - minimum |  | 1.11 years
Term - maximum |  | 2.11 years
Risk free rate - minimum |  | 0.64%
Risk free rate - maximum |  | 2.63%
Dividend yield |  | 3.81%
Volatility - minimum |  | 21.02%
Volatility - maximum |  | 21.57%
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block] | A summary of the status of the stock options as of December 31, 2016 and the changes for the year ended December 31, 2016 is presented below:
Stock Options |  | Options |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at January 1, 2016 |  | 58,112 |  |  | $ | 86.21 |
Granted |  | 108,198 |  |  | 75.58 |
Exercised |  | — |  |  | — |
Expired |  | (19,028 | ) |  | 103.56 |
Outstanding at December 31, 2016 |  | 147,282 |  |  | $ | 76.16 |

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