Which of the Following Statements Is False

question 12

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.

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Definitions:

Decrease In Demand

A downward shift in the demand curve for a product, indicating that consumers now desire less of the product at each price level.

Quantity Demanded

The total amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a specific price level, at a given point in time, often depicted as a point on a demand curve.

Price Ceiling

A government-imposed limit on how high a price can be charged for a product, service, or resource, usually to protect consumers.

Price Floor

A government or regulatory minimum price that must be paid for a good or service, intended to prevent prices from falling too low.