A Corporation Announces a Large Increase in Its Annual Dividend,but

question 94

Multiple Choice

A corporation announces a large increase in its annual dividend,but its stock price declines.This could result from

• A) residual dividend theory.
• B) bird-in-the-hand theory.
• C) perfect capital markets.
• D) MM's indifference theorem.

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