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Toronto Trust Corp.is expecting an increase in earnings this year.The CEO thinks that the earnings increase may be temporary.Instead of raising dividends, the CEO decides to repurchase shares.Why would the CEO choose share repurchase over a dividend increase?


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Z Statistic

A statistic that tells us how many standard deviations an element is from the mean. It is used in hypothesis testing.

Probability

A measure quantifying the likelihood that events will occur, ranging from 0 (impossibility) to 1 (certainty).

α

Typically used to denote the level of significance in hypothesis testing, representing the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis or the threshold of rareness.

β

Often used to represent the slope coefficient in linear regression analysis, indicating the change in the dependent variable for a one-unit change in an independent variable.

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