Evaluate if Toyota Motor Corporation and General Motors Company: a. Followed Lintner (1956) stylized facts on dividend policy from 2014 to 2017, Singapore

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Evaluate if Toyota Motor Corporation and General Motors Company: a. Followed Lintner (1956) stylized facts on dividend policy from 2014 to 2017. b. Dividend announcements during the above period influenced share prices of the two companies. The answer must include discussion on MM’s theory, the clientele effect and signalling hypothesis. c. Dividend policies were influenced by their capital structure. Reference: Lintner, J. (1956): “Distribution of Incomes of Corporations among Dividends, Retained Earnings, and Taxes,” American Economic Review, 46, 97–113. The word count requirement is 1500 to 2,000.