Essay from the year 2005 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 2,0, University of Graz, language: English, abstract: For many years economists and financial experts have argued about the „dividend puzzle“, i.e. about the impact of dividends on stock prices. Describe this puzzle, explain why it appears so intractable, and state what might be done to bring us all closer to an acceptable solution.