Admati and Pfleiderer (1994) Argued That by Having Both Inside

question 3

Multiple Choice

Admati and Pfleiderer (1994) argued that by having both inside and outside investors contribute to a venture, ____________, and thus a rational continuation/termination decision would be made at each stage of development.

• A)both information asymmetry and principal-agent problems are resolved
• B)taxes and risk are both minimized
• C)the overinvestment and underinvestment problems are balanced out
• D)perception biases cancel out

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