Your Firm Adheres Strictly to the Residual Dividend Model

question 3

Multiple Choice

Your firm adheres strictly to the residual dividend model.All else equal,which of the following factors would be most likely to lead to an increase in the firm's dividend per share?

• A) The firm's net income increases.
• B) The company increases the percentage of equity in its target capital structure.
• C) The number of profitable potential projects increases.
• D) Congress lowers the tax rate on capital gains,leaving the rest of the tax code unchanged.
• E) Earnings are unchanged,but the firm issues new shares of common stock.

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Definitions:

New Products

Goods, services, or technologies that have been recently developed and introduced to the market.

Long-Run Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the total output produced by firms in the market over a long period, assuming input factors are variable.

Upward-Sloping

Refers to a line on a graph that demonstrates an increase in value on the vertical axis as the value on the horizontal axis increases; typically related to supply curves in economics.