Investor Aversion to the Payment of Dividends Originates Principally From

question 87

Multiple Choice

Investor aversion to the payment of dividends originates principally from:

• A)the belief that "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush."
• B)capital gains receive favorable tax treatment.
• C)neither a nor b.
• D)both a and b.

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Definitions:

John Watson

An American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior over the study of the mind.

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Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

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