Not All Firms Have the Same Optimal Capital Structure

question 51

Multiple Choice

Not all firms have the same optimal capital structure. Factors that might influence a firm's capital structure include:

• A) the industry in which it operates.
• B) the volatility of its sales and operating income.
• C) the collateral value of its assets.
• D) all of the above

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Definitions:

Regression Line

A line drawn through a scatter plot of data points that best expresses the linear relationship between those points.

Direction

Refers to the course along which something moves or faces, often used in statistical analysis to describe trends.

Slope

The slope represents the rate of change between two variables on a graph, indicating how much one variable changes for a unit change in another variable.

Criterion Variable

The dependent variable in a study that is predicted or explained by the independent variable(s).