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Income Taxes - Reconciliation Between Cash Dividends Paid and Dividends Paid Deduction (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |
Dividends paid | $ 239,294 us-gaap_DividendsCash | $ 193,101 us-gaap_DividendsCash | $ 153,617 us-gaap_DividendsCash
Plus: Deemed dividends on convertible debt | 12,026 ddr_DeemedDividendsOnConvertibleDebt | 9,987 ddr_DeemedDividendsOnConvertibleDebt | 7,875 ddr_DeemedDividendsOnConvertibleDebt
Less: Dividends designated to prior year | (6,608)ddr_DividendsDesignatedToPriorPeriods | (7,030)ddr_DividendsDesignatedToPriorPeriods | (6,967)ddr_DividendsDesignatedToPriorPeriods
Plus: Dividends designated from the following year | 5,594 ddr_DividendsDesignatedFromFollowingPeriods | 6,608 ddr_DividendsDesignatedFromFollowingPeriods | 7,030 ddr_DividendsDesignatedFromFollowingPeriods
Less: Return of capital | (172,328)ddr_ReturnOfCapital | (169,747)ddr_ReturnOfCapital | (112,612)ddr_ReturnOfCapital
Dividends paid deduction | $ 77,978 ddr_DividendPaidDeduction | $ 32,919 ddr_DividendPaidDeduction | $ 48,943 ddr_DividendPaidDeduction

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- Definition Amount of paid and unpaid cash dividends declared for classes of stock, for example, but not limited to, common and preferred. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 04 -Article 3 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 405 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6957935&loc=d3e64057-112817 + Details
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