Empirical Testing of Dividend Theories

Empirical Testing of Dividend Theories

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Empirical testing has confirmed the validity of which of the following dividend theories?

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These 3 theories have produced unclear empirical tests because of two reasons: 1. For a valid statistical test, things other than dividend policy must be held constant, and 2. We must be able to measure with a high degree of accuracy each sample firm's cost of equity. Neither of these two conditions holds.