How can the Gordon growth model help explain the major decline in stock indexes during the current 2020 Coronavirus pandemic? There was a decrease in the required return on equities and a decrease in the expected growth rate of dividends. There was an increase in the required return on equities and an increase in the expected growth rate of dividends. There was a decrease in the required return on equities and an increase in the expected growth rate of dividends. There was an increase in the required return on equities and a decrease in the expected growth rate of dividends