A Type of Agency Problem That Results in Shareholders Gaining

question 109

Multiple Choice

A type of agency problem that results in shareholders gaining from decisions that increase the risk of the firm sufficiently,even if they have negative NPV is:

• A)asset substitution.
• B)debt overhang.
• C)underinvestment.
• D)cashing out.

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Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variability or dispersion around an average.

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Risk-free Return

The theoretical return on an investment with no risk of financial loss over a certain period.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that quantifies the dispersion or variability of a set of data points or investment returns around their mean.