a). how to help American corporations that are currently in financial distress due to the coronavirus pandemic. A government official proposes the following policy: all corporations with outstanding debt repayment obligations are given a three-month period in which they are no longer required to pay any previously agreed upon interest or principal payments to creditors. After three months, firms would then be required to revert back to the previously agreed upon debt repayment schedule. In other words, three months' worth of debt obligations would be completely erased for corporations.

The government official says that this policy will lead to fewer firms going bankrupt in the economy,

relative to a regime in which no such policy is enacted and the status quo regarding debt repayment

rules remains in place. Please evaluate the validity of the government official's claim. For example,

under what conditions would this statement be valid or invalid?

b) An analyst claims that if managers had a fiduciary duty towards creditors instead of shareholders,

managers would always choose projects with the highest NPV. Please comment on the validity of this statement. For example, under what conditions would this statement be valid or invalid? Please limit 15 sentences.