What is the correct treatment of a stock dividend issued in mid-year when computing the

Question

weighted average number of common shares outstanding for earnings per share purposes?

Answer 1

This is more of an accounting question rather than an economics question; and accounting is not my area.

That said, I believe this site has the answer you seek.

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