Notes on the Crises

Notes on the Crises

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Notes on the Crises
How important are dividends in the United States?

How important are dividends in the United States?

Spoiler Alert: Extremely important

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Notes on the Crises
May 17, 2020
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A month ago I wrote an article making the case for suspending dividends and buybacks across all corporations for the duration of the crisis. I got a lot of positive responses to the article, including more finance & market oriented commentators who pointed out that an across the board suspension of dividend payments is a coordination mechanism that allo…

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