Balance Sheet Items with Sales,Profit Margin and Dividend Policy
On the basis of historical relationships between its balance sheet items and its sales, profit margin, and dividend policy, Thode Corporation's analysts have graphed the relationship of additional funds needed (on the Y-axis). If Thode decides to increase the percentage of earnings paid out as dividends, which of the following changes would occur in the graph?
a. The line would shift to the right.
b. The line would pass through the origin
c. The line would shift to the left
d. The slope coefficient would fall
e. The slope coefficient would increase.
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On the basis of historical relationships between its balance sheet items and its sales, profit margin, and dividend policy, Thode Corporation's analysts have ...
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The solution explains in narrative format, how the graph will change as a result of the increase in dividends.