Financial Distress Has an Impact on the Value of the Firm

question 63

Multiple Choice

Financial distress has an impact on the value of the firm by increasing:

• A)the level of risk aversion of the investors toward the debt of the firm.
• B)its instability.
• C)the probability that it may occur.
• D)all of the above

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Definitions:

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