which of the following statements is false? 1) the total payout model allows us

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which of the following statements is false?

1) the total payout model allows us to ignore the firm's choice between dividends and share repurchases

2) by repurchasing shares, the firm increases its share count, which decreases its earnings and dividends on a per-share basis

3) the total payout model discounts the total paypouts that the firm makes to shareholders, which is the total amount spent on both dividends ans share repurchases

4) in the dividend discount model we implicitly assume that any cash paid out to the shareholders takes the form of a dividend

Explanation / Answer

2) by repurchasing shares, the firm increases its share count, which decreases its earnings and dividends on a per-share basis

the above is the answer

because share repurchases reduces the share count.

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