With Risky Debt and MM II,the Expected Return on Assets

question 66

Multiple Choice

With risky debt and MM II,the expected return on assets _____ as the debt-equity ratio ____.

• A) increases; increases
• B) decreases; increases
• C) increases; decreases
• D) is constant; increases

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Definitions:

Marginal Benefit

Marginal benefit is the additional satisfaction or utility that a consumer receives from consuming one more unit of a good or service.

Social Cost

The total cost to society, including both private costs borne by the producer and external costs borne by others, of producing a good or service.

Perfectly Competitive

A market structure characterized by a large number of buyers and sellers, all selling identical products, with no single entity able to influence the market price.

Externalities

Costs or benefits that affect a party who did not choose to incur that cost or benefit, often leading to market failure if not corrected by government intervention.