4) Since they require more monitoring of firms, ________ contracts are used less frequently than ________ contracts to raise capital. A) debt; equity B) equity; debt C) debt; loan D) equity; stock
Since equity assets are more riskier hence require monitoring by firms and used less frequently than debt assets to raise capital because in the latter case, company is obliged to pay the debt investors.
The correct option is B
4) Since they require more monitoring of firms, ________ contracts are used less frequently than ________...
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The cost of raising capital with debt is typically less costly for a firm than raising capital with preferred stock. Which one of the following is one of the reasons for this? Preferred stocks are more senior than bonds. Interest is a tax-deductible cost, preferred dividends are not. Bonds generally have a longer maturity than preferred stocks. The interest from bonds is compounded more frequently than the dividends from preferred stocks.
does more than one apply? which should be checked
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