Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 36

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)By including more covenants,issuers increase their costs of borrowing.
• B)Once bonds are issued,equity holders have an incentive to increase dividends at the expense of debt holders.
• C)Covenants may restrict the level of further indebtedness and specify that the issuer must maintain a minimum amount of working capital.
• D)If the covenants are designed to reduce agency costs by restricting management's ability to take negative NPV actions that exploit debt holders,then the reduction in the firm's borrowing cost can more than outweigh the cost of the loss of flexibility associated with covenants.

Grasp the basic ingredients and outcomes of economic decisions, including choice and competitive behavior.

Understand the mechanisms of rationing in an economy and the role of price as a rationing criterion.

Identify goods that are not considered scarce and understand exceptions to the scarcity principle.

Understand the impact of international trade on domestic market prices and quantities.

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Definitions:

Activity-Based Costing

A method of accounting that allocates costs to specific products or services based on the resources they consume.

Activity Rates

In activity-based costing, the costs assigned to goods and services based on the specific activities and resources that go into their production or delivery.

Activity Cost Pools

Aggregations of all the costs associated with a particular activity, used in activity-based costing.

Departmental Overhead Rates

Refers to the allocation of indirect costs to specific departments within a company, which is used for cost control and pricing decisions.