Declared dividend discount rate

What should the discount rate be for a dividend that has already been declared?

While it is an equity cash flow, it’s certainly less risky than the CoE (in fact I think it becomes a liability once it’s declared), but it’s certainly not riskless.

Is the appropriate discount rate then just the CoD for a similar unsecured claim?

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