Some simple accounting principles, thanks!

In dividend transaction there's a date of payment, a date of record and a date of declaration. In what order do these three dates occur? If you received a stock dividend from a company that you had invested in, would the value of your ownership in that company increase? Yes or no? Why? Match each of these three words with the related definition relative to stock shares: Authorized, Issued, outstanding ____ The net number of shares in the hands of stockholders. ____ The number of shares that the corporation has the legal right to sell _____ The number of shares that have been previously sold. Paid-in capital in excess of par is reported: A. As a reduction of shareholders' equity. B. As a noncurrent asset. C. As a noncurrent liability. D. As an increase in shareholders' equity. Red Corporation began business in 2016. The shareholders' equity of Red Corporation includes the line items of $200,000 of $1 par common stock and $100,000 of 10% cumulative preferred stock. The board of directors of Red declared no preferred cash dividends in 2016 and $10,000 in 2017. In 2018, Red paid a total of $30,000 of dividends. What is the amount of dividends common shareholders will receive in 2018? (show your computations)