Concerning cash dividend payments by us corporations

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Which of the following is true concerning cash dividend payments by US corporations

a. corporations tend to frequently and substantially change the amount of dividends paid

b. corps. prefer decreasing dividend payments than increasing them

c. corps would rather increase dividend payments than decrease them

d. corps are forbidden by law to change dividend payments to stockholders

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