Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 56

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)The most important insight regarding capital structure goes back to Modigliani and Miller: With perfect capital markets,a firm's security choice alters the risk of the firm's equity,but it does not change its value or the amount it can raise from outside investors.
• B)When agency costs are significant,short-term debt may be the most attractive form of external financing.
• C)Too much debt can motivate managers and equity holders to take excessive risks or over-invest in a firm.
• D)Of all the different possible imperfections that drive capital structure,the most clear-cut,and possibly the most significant,is taxes.

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Definitions:

P(A ∪ B)

The probability that at least one of two events, A or B, will occur.

P(A ∩ B)

The probability that events A and B both occur simultaneously.

Sample Points

Sample points are individual elements or outcomes within a sample space, representing all possible outcomes of a statistical experiment.

Department Store

A large store selling a wide variety of goods divided into departments.