EBK PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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ISBN: 9781259358487
Author: BREALEY
Publisher: MCGRAW HILL BOOK COMPANY
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Chapter 16, Problem 6PS
Company dividend policy Here are several “facts” about typical corporate dividend policies. Which are true and which false?
- a. Companies decide each year’s dividend by looking at their capital expenditure requirements and then distributing whatever cash is left over.
- b. Managers and investors seem more concerned with dividend changes than with dividend levels.
- c. Managers often increase dividends temporarily when earnings are unexpectedly high for a year or two.
- d. Companies undertaking substantial share repurchases usually finance them with an offsetting reduction in cash dividends.
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