Why are corporations more likely to raise funds externally by debt instead of equity?
A) moral hazard is less of a problem with debt contracts
B) transactions costs tend to be higher in the stock market than bond market
C) to avoid paying dividends
D) interest rates tend to be lower than dividend rates
A
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The size of a corporation, as measured by stockholders' equity, depends primarily upon
A) current net revenue. B) people's expectations of future earnings. C) the amount of capital invested in the corporation. D) total sales (in dollar terms).
Because each perfectly competitive firm sells a product identical to that of the other firms
A) each firm tries to cut prices to increase its market share. B) each firm's output is a perfect substitute for the output of any other firm. C) each firm expects to earn some economic profit. D) the demand for each firm's product is perfectly inelastic.