Acorporation's board of directors could prefer a stock split to a stock dividend because a stock split increases the market price of the stock does not reduce retained earnings, so it does not reduce the ability to declare a cash dividend in the future reduces retained earnings, so the company pays less taxes increases total stockholders' equity and allows the corporation more flexibility

Florence invested in a factory requiring. federally-mandated reductions in carbon emissions. how will this impact florence as the factory's owner? a. her factory will be worth less once the upgrades are complete. b. her factory will likely be bought by the epa. c. florence will have to invest a large amount of capital to update the factory for little financial gain. d. florence will have to invest a large amount of capital to update the factory for a large financial gain.