Which of the following statements is correct?
A) The clientele effect can explain why so many firms change their dividend policies so often.
B) One advantage of adopting the residual dividend policy is that this policy makes it easier for corporations to develop a specific and well-identified dividend clientele.
C) New-stock dividend reinvestment plans are similar to stock dividends because they both increase the number of shares outstanding but don't change the firm's total amount of book equity.
D) Investors who receive stock dividends must pay taxes on the value of the new shares in the year the stock dividends are received.
E) If a firm follows the residual dividend policy, then a sudden increase in the number of profitable projects is likely to reduce the firm's dividend payout.

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The residual dividend policy implies that dividends are paid out from the leftover (residual) earnings after all profitable projects have been funded. Therefore, if there's an increase in profitable projects, the firm will use more of its earnings to invest in these projects, leaving less available for dividends, thus likely reducing the dividend payout.

Which of the Following Statements Is Correct