Corporate Finance
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ISBN: 9780132992473
Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 17, Problem 20P
A stock that you know is held by long-term individual investors paid a large one-time dividend. You notice that the price drop on the ex-dividend date is about the size of the dividend payment. You find this relationship puzzling given the tax disadvantage of dividends. Explain how the dividend-capture theory might account for this behavior.
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In examining investors’ preferences for dividends, it is useful to begin with the concept of dividend irrelevance. Dividend irrelevance suggests that in a world with no taxes or brokerage (or transaction) costs, firms and investors are indifferent to the paying or receiving of dividends.
However, as these restrictions are relaxed, various factors suggest that firms should pursue high or low payouts. One such factor is:
Dividends received far into the future are significantly more uncertain than dividends received in the near future.
Based on the factor described, identify whether investors, in general, will tend to favor high or low payout ratios.
Favor a high payout
Favor a low payout
A firm is planning to borrow money to make an equity repurchase to increase its stock price. It is basing its analysis on the fact that there will be fewer shares outstanding after the repurchases, and higher earnings per share. There are no taxes.
a. Will earnings per share always increase after such an action? Explain.b. Will the higher earnings per share always translate into a higher stock price? Explain.c. Under what conditions will such a transaction lead to a higher price?
"The dividend discount model is used to find the price of a stock based on the expected dividends received by the shareholder and the discount rate. Therefore, all else constant, the price of a share of stock will increase if the discount rate decreases."
A) True
B) False
Chapter 17 Solutions
Corporate Finance
Ch. 17.1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 17.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 17.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 17.2 - In a perfect capital market, how important is the...Ch. 17.3 - Prob. 1CCCh. 17.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 17.4 - Prob. 1CCCh. 17.4 - Prob. 2CCCh. 17.5 - Is there an advantage for a firm to retain its...Ch. 17.5 - Prob. 2CC
Ch. 17.6 - Prob. 1CCCh. 17.6 - Prob. 2CCCh. 17.7 - Prob. 1CCCh. 17.7 - Prob. 2CCCh. 17 - Prob. 1PCh. 17 - ABC Corporation announced that it will pay a...Ch. 17 - Prob. 3PCh. 17 - RFC Corp. has announced a 1 dividend. If RFCs...Ch. 17 - Prob. 5PCh. 17 - KMS Corporation has assets with a market value of...Ch. 17 - Natsam Corporation has 250 million of excess cash....Ch. 17 - Suppose the board of Natsam Corporation decided to...Ch. 17 - Prob. 9PCh. 17 - Suppose BE Press paid dividends at the end of each...Ch. 17 - The HNH Corporation will pay a constant dividend...Ch. 17 - Prob. 12PCh. 17 - Prob. 13PCh. 17 - Prob. 14PCh. 17 - Suppose that all capital gains are taxed at a 25%...Ch. 17 - Prob. 16PCh. 17 - Prob. 17PCh. 17 - Prob. 18PCh. 17 - Prob. 19PCh. 17 - A stock that you know is held by long-term...Ch. 17 - Clovix Corporation has 50 million in cash, 10...Ch. 17 - Assume capital markets are perfect. Kay Industries...Ch. 17 - Redo Problem 22., but assume that Kay must pay a...Ch. 17 - Harris Corporation has 250 million in cash, and...Ch. 17 - Redo Problem 22, but assume the following: a....Ch. 17 - Prob. 26PCh. 17 - Prob. 27PCh. 17 - Explain under which conditions an increase in the...Ch. 17 - Why is an announcement of a share repurchase...Ch. 17 - AMC Corporation currently has an enterprise value...Ch. 17 - Prob. 31PCh. 17 - Prob. 32PCh. 17 - Explain why most companies choose to pay stock...Ch. 17 - Prob. 34PCh. 17 - Prob. 35P
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