Empirical Evidence Suggests Managers

question 79

Multiple Choice

Empirical evidence suggests managers

• A) closely follow a residual model of dividend payments.
• B) keep nominal payments steady for long periods of time.
• C) keep payout ratios constant for long periods of time.
• D) prefer to increase dividends a small amount every period.

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