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Explore the role of government in our everyday lives. In addition, polarization among the parties has sharpened. How do these trends affect the ability of our government to make good policy?
What are stock splits and stock dividends? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
How does public policy affect our everyday lives? What kinds of controls are in place to ensure the safety of our water? Food? Communities? What about schools—what controls are in place to ensure quality?
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a firm repurchasing its own shares.
What is a stock repurchase?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the residual policy? (Hint: Don’t neglect signaling and clientele effects.)
Discuss the effects on distribution policy consistent with: (1) the signaling hypothesis (also called the information content hypothesis) and (2) the clientele effect.
The terms “irrelevance,” “dividend preference” (or “bird-in-the-hand”), and “tax effect” have been used to describe three major theories regarding the way dividend payouts affect a firm’s value. Explain these terms, and briefly describe each theory.
What is meant by the term “distribution policy”? How has the mix of dividend payouts and stock repurchases changed over time?
Select a company in ti le financial services sector and identify its top 5 risks and the corresponding key controls to mitigate these risks. Discuss how the effectiveness of the controls might be best measured.