Event studies of dividend omissions indicate that:

		the cumulative abnormal return remains constant when this type of announcement is made.
		this type of an event is incorporated into stock prices slowly over a 10-day period.
		the cumulative abnormal return declines on the day prior to and the day of the announcement.
		stock returns are positively, and efficiently, impacted when dividend omission announcements are made.
		this type of announcement generally has no effect on abnormal returns.