Dividend payments and share repurchases are conceptually equivalent

__________negotiate with one another, buy and sell products, and facilitate the change of ownership between buyer and seller in the course of moving a product from the manufacturer into the hands of the final consumer

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The Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation survey consists of over 178 countries ranked by degree of economic freedom. The key economic variables considered for this ranking include all of the following except:

A) taxation policy. B) government consumption of economic output. C) percent foreign ownership. D) banking policy. E) wage and price control.