In the aggregate, over time dividend payments tend to fluctuate more than share repurchases. True or False
the statement is false .
Dividends are not affected by the temporary changes in the earnings ,but are only affected by the permanent changes in the earnings of the firm .
On the other hand share repurchases are affected by both the temporary and the permanent change in the earnings of the firm.
Buyback is a substitute to dividends ,when firm's temporary earnings change then there is a dramatic change in the share repurchase activity ,but dividends change slightly only to a response to permanent changes in the earnings of the firm.
The number of stock repurchases have increased significantly and is more fluctuating than dividend payments.
In the aggregate, over time dividend payments tend to fluctuate more than share repurchases. True or...
In the U.S. over the last 40 years or so, in the aggregate ________. A. the dollar volume of share repurchases has been growing faster than the volume of dividend payments B. firms have been cutting back on share repurchase activities C. the dollar volume of dividend payments has been growing faster than the volume of share repurchases D. the dollar volume of dividend payments and share repurchases have been growing at about the same pace
Over many years, share repurchases have accounted for an increasing percentage of the total cash paid out by firms to shareholders. True False
true or false ; developing countries tend to focus more on the goal of economic growth than developed countries
20. Which of the following Statements is correct? a. If a company uses the residual dividend model to determine its dividend payments, dividends payout will tend to increase whenever its profitable investment opportunities increase. b. Large stock repurchases financed by debt tend to increase earnings per share, but they also increase the firm's financial risk. c. The tax code encourages companies to pay dividends rather than retain earnings. d. The stronger management thinks the clientele effect is, the more likely...
Managers have more control over efficiency variances than over price variances True or False?
All else equal, firms produce more (in aggregate) in the Stackelberg setting than the Cournot setting. True False
Dividend Payout Ratios in Russia tend to be higher than in the United States. This implies which of the following? Investors in Russia are more likely to believe in the Bird-In-the-Hand Theory since they do not trust Russian Accounting. Investors in the US do not believe in any dividend theory. Russian Investors are more like to follow the tax preference theory since Russia has lower taxes than the United States. No dividend theory is implied from this information.
Which of the following is true? a. High benefit payments to unemployed workers will tend to increase the rate of unemployment b. The rate of unemployment in the large European economies has been persistently lower than that of the United States due to their more generous unemployment benefits. c. If a system of personal savings accounts replaced the current unemployment benefit system, the unemployment rate would fall to zero. d. Under the current unemployment insurance system, benefits replace about 90...
8.Which statement is FALSE about changing the unit of payment? More aggregate units of payment tend to shift financial risk to providers of care. The more aggregated the unit of payment, the less predictable the quantity tends to be. In Germany was introduced global budgeting, called expenditure caps, for physician payment. It’s difficult to isolate the specific effects of changing the unit of payment. In the United States, the Medicare program adopted a less- stringent version of an expenditure cap...
Price controls such as price floors and price ceilings tend to make markets more efficient. True False