Answers for first blank "use debt financing ... its normal target" (beyond / equal to)

2nd blank "will be able to ... money at a reasonable" (lend / borrow)

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9. Alternative capital structure theories Aa Aa The Modigliani and Miller theories are based on several unrealistic assumptions related to the use of debt financing In reality, there are costs, taxes, and other factors associated with the use of borrowed funds. These costs or effects have led to several theories that explain the impact of these factors on the capital structure decisions made by a firm's managers. Based on your understanding of the trade-off theory, what kind of firms are likely to use more leverage? Firms with a higher proportion of fixed-versus-variable costs O Firms with a higher proportion of variable-versus-fixed costs Based on your understanding of the capital structure theories, identify the best option for the missing part of the statement. According to signaling theory, a firm with a very positive outlook might tend to use debt financing its normal target capital structure Firms that maintain an adequate reserve borrowing capacity will be able to reasonable cost when good investment opportunities arise money at a True or False: The market timing theory that suggests that managers believe can select a good time to issue new stock (when prices are abnormally high) or sell new debt (when interest rates are exceptionally low) because the financial markets are not informationally efficient. This statement is: O False True Several dominant theories try to explain why financial managers make the capital structure decisions that they do The following statement describes one such theory: The firm's debt-equity decision finds the optimal balance between the interest tax shield benefits of debt financing and the costs of financial distress associated with issuing debt Which of the two theories listed below is best described by the statement. O Pecking-order hypothesis O Trade-off theory 9. Alternative capital structure theories Aa Aa The Modigliani and Miller theories are based on several unrealistic assumptions related to the use of debt financing In reality, there are costs, taxes, and other factors associated with the use of borrowed funds. These costs or effects have led to several theories that explain the impact of these factors on the capital structure decisions made by a firm's managers. Based on your understanding of the trade-off theory, what kind of firms are likely to use more leverage? Firms with a higher proportion of fixed-versus-variable costs O Firms with a higher proportion of variable-versus-fixed costs Based on your understanding of the capital structure theories, identify the best option for the missing part of the statement. According to signaling theory, a firm with a very positive outlook might tend to use debt financing its normal target capital structure Firms that maintain an adequate reserve borrowing capacity will be able to reasonable cost when good investment opportunities arise money at a True or False: The market timing theory that suggests that managers believe can select a good time to issue new stock (when prices are abnormally high) or sell new debt (when interest rates are exceptionally low) because the financial markets are not informationally efficient. This statement is: O False True Several dominant theories try to explain why financial managers make the capital structure decisions that they do The following statement describes one such theory: The firm's debt-equity decision finds the optimal balance between the interest tax shield benefits of debt financing and the costs of financial distress associated with issuing debt Which of the two theories listed below is best described by the statement. O Pecking-order hypothesis O Trade-off theory