David Solomon (along with his co-author Samuel Hartzmark) write on the challenges of dividend investing from an academic perspective. While we may have to agree to disagree on certain points, all dividend-oriented investors, advisors, and consultants should be aware of the issues that arise from being a dividend investor in very stock-price oriented market. David Solomon is Associate Professor at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. You can find his work here.  Samuel Hartzmark is Associate Professor at the University of Chicago School of Business. His site.