Which of the Following Statements Is CORRECT

question 71

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

• A) There is no reason to think that changes in the personal tax rate would affect firms' capital structure decisions.
• B) A firm with high business risk is more likely to increase its use of financial leverage than a firm with low business risk, assuming all else equal.
• C) If a firm's after-tax cost of equity exceeds its after-tax cost of debt, it can always reduce its WACC by increasing its use of debt.
• D) Suppose a firm has less than its optimal amount of debt.Increasing its use of debt to the point where it is at its optimal capital structure will decrease the costs of both debt and equity financing.
• E) In general, a firm with low operating leverage also has a small proportion of its total costs in the form of fixed costs.

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Definitions:

Utils

A theoretical unit of measurement used in economics to quantify the level of satisfaction or happiness that a consumer derives from the consumption of goods and services.

Rational

Describes a decision maker who chooses the available option that leads to the outcome he or she most prefers.

Diminishing Marginal Utility

The principle stating that as a person consumes more units of a good, the satisfaction (utility) gained from consuming each additional unit decreases.

Giffin Good

A type of good for which demand increases as the price increases, contradicting the basic law of demand due to the income effect.