If a Firm Earns 10% Return on Funds They Borrowed

question 192

True/False

If a firm earns 10% return on funds they borrowed at 15% interest, the owners of the firm realize a benefit from using leverage.

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Definitions:

Allocative Efficiency

A state of the economy in which production represents consumer preferences; every good or service is produced up to the point where the last unit provides a utility level equal to the cost of producing it.

Productive Efficiency

A situation where the economy or an economic system operates in a way that it cannot produce more of one good without affecting the production of another good.

Voting Paradox

The voting paradox, or Condorcet paradox, illustrates a situation in a voting system where collective preferences can be cyclic, even if the individual preferences are non-cyclical.

Voter Failure

A situation where voters make an uninformed or poor choice, often due to lack of information or misleading information, that does not align with their interests.