Financial Managers Can Create Value Through fiNancing Decisions That

question 36

Multiple Choice

Financial managers can create value through financing decisions that:

• A)reduce costs or increase subsidies.
• B)increase the product prices.
• C)creating a new security.
• D)Both A and B.
• E)Both A and C.

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Definitions:

Positive Punishment

A decrease in behavior that results from an added consequence.

Negative Reinforcement

The strengthening of a behavior because a negative condition is removed or avoided.

Punishing Reinforcement

A term that amalgamates concepts incorrectly; in behaviorism, punishment is used to decrease a behavior's occurrence, whereas reinforcement is used to increase it.

Positive Punishment

A technique in behavior modification that involves the introduction of an unfavorable outcome or event following an undesirable behavior, with the intention of decreasing the likelihood of the behavior occurring again.