7SSMM603 Research Methods

Assessment 1 - Commentary

What are required:

A piece of short commentary discussing the paper “Are Dividend Changes a Sign of Firm

Maturity?” by Grullon, Gustavo, Roni Michaely, and Bhaskaran Swaminathan (2002)

published in The Journal of Business 75(3). The commentary should focus on:

1. Research motivation and research questions of the paper assigned

2. Contribution of the paper

3. Potential improvements to the paper

Word count: 400 words

Submission deadline: 5pm GMT, 8 Nov 2024