(Berk) Chapter 17 Payout Policy 17.1 Cash Distribution to Shareholders 2) The way a firm chooses between alternate uses of free cash flow is referred to as A) retention ratio. B) payout policy. C) call policy. D) debt policy. Answer: B 3) The date on which the board of directors of a company authorizes the dividend is called the ________ date. A) declaration B) record C) ex-dividend D) distribution Answer: A 4) The firm will pay the dividend to all shareholders of record
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Analyze the extent to which TWO of the following influenced the development of democracy between 1820 and 1840. Jacksonian economic policy Changes in electoral politics The Second Great Awakening The Westward movement Background information/Intro: Thesis: Both Jacksonian economic policy and westward movement in America were indicative of the development of democracy between 1820 and 1840. It was in this antebellum era that the United States‚ with economic and sectional changes
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Facts about World War 1 World War 1 invokes impressions of a horrific slaughtering that took place in the trenches of the Western Front. While this gruesome picture surely leaves many with nausea‚ there are many World War 1 facts that most of us have no knowledge of. The spark that initiated the war was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand on 28 June 1914. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination and threatened war unless Serbia followed a harsh set of demands. Germany backed
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solutions. As one of them‚ some scholars claim that citizens of affluent countries are responsible in reducing poverty in poor countries. The most notable person among this group is Thomas Pogge. He proposes program called “The Global Resources Dividend” (GRD)‚ which is supposed to eradicate poverty in the world. Pogge builds up the program on principle claiming that each individual has “inalienable stake in all limited natural resources” (2001‚ p. 61‚ p. 66). In other words‚ ideally all limited natural
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accommodation is presbyopia which is when the eyes have more difficult time focusing on close objects. Another disorder is glaucoma which is when the eye has extreme amounts of abnormally high pressure in it. The third disorder is cataract‚ which is proteins in the lens of your eyes that have clumped together making the lens clear to cloudy. The fourth disorder would be retinal detachment which happens when the retina of the eye detaches for the back of your eye. A fifth disorder following convergence
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The importance of following chain of command at the workplace In a company‚ chain of command means the order of authority level from a business owner or CEO to a front line employee. It is the structure where you report to your upper in an appropriate authority order. It is a very effective tool that helps keep the order in any size business. For example‚ if you are a bank teller and you have a scheduling issue‚ you should discuss it with your supervisor rather than with their upper up. Sometimes
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Discuss the extent to which supply side policies are effective in reducing inflation. Inflation is the consistent rise of price levels over a period of time. Inflation has two main causes: cost push and demand pull. Cost push inflation occurs when rising production costs cause the aggregate supply curve in the short run to shift outwards- see fig1‚ whereas demand pull inflation occurs due to an increase in demand when the economy is operating near full employment- see fig 2. Supply side factors
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controversies during the mid 1990’s which were revived in early 2000’s. The allegations have had the potential to adversely affect the brand image of the company. The company was criticized for operating factories in poor working conditions in low cost countries such as China‚ Vietnam‚ Mexico and Indonesia. Before these allegations were voiced‚ the following theories were applicable; a view that was noted by (Shaw‚ W‚ Barry‚ V & Sansbury‚ G 2009) was utilitarianism which was relevant to the individuals
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Business Policy Case Study Case 1: The Sports Guy The Sports Guy Key Events/ Case synopsis – (5): Bob (Rocky”) Rhodes sports enthusiastic‚ founder of “The Sports Guy”‚ a sporting goods store located outside of the GTA. 10 years ago with 40% worth of equity capital from family and friends and 60% of his own investments he purchased a 2 corner lot. 70% of sales came from local teams and 30% from walk-in customers‚ but due to high competition from Canadian Tire there has been a slow increase of revenue
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popular rational comprehensive model or “the Root”‚ should be aware by modern policy makers. He thinks that the Muddling Through can help solve any complicated problems while confirms that the rational model can’t do that. Lindrom provides two scales representing the rational comprehensive method s and the successive limited comparisons – rational model aims to achieve perfect policy while the root targets to relative policy - ‚ and then to protect his argument‚ he refutes a model of the root with step-by-step
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