If a Company Announces a Change in Its Dividend Policy

question 27

True/False

If a company announces a change in its dividend policy from a zero target payout ratio to a 100% payout policy, this action could be expected to increase the value of long-term options (say 5-year options) on the firm's stock.

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of a statistic (e.g., mean) computed from samples of a specific size drawn from a particular population.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a statistic obtained through a large number of samples drawn from a specific population.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values; a low standard deviation indicates that the values tend to be close to the mean.

Standard Error

A measure that quantifies the variation or dispersion of a sample mean from the population mean.