TY - DATA T1 - Dividend and Income Related - USA S&P 500 Data (2008-2018) PY - 2019/05/28 AU - Shreyansh G. (Goyal) UR - https://data.4tu.nl/articles/dataset/Dividend_and_Income_Related_-_USA_S_P_500_Data_2008-2018_/12704768/1 DO - 10.4121/uuid:74410dab-8ddf-4347-8d5d-86e6c48380e9 KW - Dividend KW - Financial Theory KW - Firm Value KW - M&M Irrelevance Theory N2 - The data set has been created to compare the growth controlled discounted value of dividend payouts of firms across time. The opportunity cost is calculated by measuring the 3 year percentage change in S&P 500 index value. The dividend payouts are calculated preferably as cash dividends paid (including taxes) divided by net income. The growth rate in income is calculated by measuring 3 year change in net income controlling for extraordinary expenses ER -