Everything else equal, if a firm increases the dividend that it pays from $4 to $5: a. demand for the stock will decrease among investors who prefer to receive current income from their investments. b. more money will be available to invest in capital budgeting projects. c. its future growth rate will decrease. d. the firm should expect many of the investors who held the stock prior to the increase to sell their stock e. its operating income will increase.

Which one of the following statements is true? ddt does not prevent disease from passing from agricultural animals to humans. cost was a major factor in the united states government's decision to ban ddt. many african governments concluded that the potential long-term health effects of ddt were not as serious as the immediate problem of insect control. ddt cannot accumulate in the fat of animals. the ddt ban in the united states has made it very difficult to control agricultural insect pests.