The Presence of a Large Amount of Debt Can Encourage

question 9

Multiple Choice

The presence of a large amount of debt can encourage shareholders to take excessive risk because ________.

• A) equity holders are risk seeking by nature
• B) the costs of failure are borne largely by debt holders
• C) debt holders are risk seeking
• D) firm value increases with risk taking

Determine the percentage change in GDP due to various factors.

Calculate real GDP from nominal GDP data using the GDP deflator.

Analyze economic growth or decline using real GDP data.

Understand and calculate the impact of price changes on nominal and real GDP.

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