If You Know That Your Firm Is Facing Relatively Poor

question 38

Multiple Choice

If you know that your firm is facing relatively poor prospects but needs new capital,and you know that investors do not have this information,signaling theory would predict that you would

• A) Issue debt to maintain the returns of equity holders.
• B) Issue equity to share the burden of decreased equity returns between old and new shareholders.
• C) Be indifferent between issuing debt and equity.
• D) Postpone going into capital markets until your firm's prospects improve.
• E) Convey your inside information to investors using the media to eliminate the information asymmetry.

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Definitions:

Monte Carlo Simulation

A computational technique that uses random sampling to approximate the probability of various outcomes in a process.

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Monte Carlo Sampling

A statistical technique that utilizes random sampling and probability to solve problems that might be deterministic in principle.