Asymmetric information exists in the financial markets

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Assume that asymmetric information exists in the financial markets. If a firm's earnings fluctuate every year, everything else equal, which if the dividend policies discussed in CH 13 should be followed to provide investors with a perception of the least amount of risk? Explain your answer.

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