The answer to this question can be given using investigation of Fama (1974). He examined the extent to which dividend decisions and investment decisions are related. He found out that dividend and investment decisions of managers are independent. In other words, investments are not a function of the level of dividends paid.
To prolong, it’s interesting to look at the annual dividend yield in the European industrial countries, such as Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland. This yield is less than the 4 percent average annual dividend yield in Canada and the United States.