wo other interesting points brought up by Miller and Modigliani, as highlighted in Berk and DeMarzo (2020) were that “In perfect capital markets, investors are indifferent between the firm distributing funds via dividends or share repurchase” (p. 612) and that “In perfect capital markets, holding fixed the investment policy of a firm, the firm’s choice of dividend policy is irrelevant and does not affect the initial share price” (p. 614). Respond to this question by focusing on either dividend payout policy or the decision between stock repurchases and dividend payouts and illustrate how the assumptions made to support these axioms tend to oversimplify what occurs.
Two other interesting points brought up by Miller and Modigliani, as highlighted in Berk and DeMarzo (2020) were that “In perfect capital markets, investors are indifferent between the firm distributing funds via dividends or share repurchase” (p. 612) and that “In perfect capital markets, holding fixed the investment policy of a firm, the firm’s choice of dividend policy is irrelevant and does not affect the initial share price” (p. 614). Respond to this question by focusing on either dividend payout policy or the decision between stock repurchases and dividend payouts and illustrate how the assumptions made to support these axioms tend to oversimplify what occurs.
Modigliani and Miller Theory states that in a perfect capital market the value of a firm is independent of its capital structure. In a market with no taxes and bankruptcy cost, dividend do not have any role in the valuation of a company.
Assumptions:
a) No personal of corporate taxes
b) Dividend policy is irrelevant in deciding capital budgeting
c) There are no transaction and flotation cost
d) Debt in capital structure has no impact on firm's cost of capital
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