14.a.

14.b.

14.c.

Which of the following statements is FALSE? Because of the presence of the financial distress costs, firms choose very high levels of debt to take advantage of the interest tax shield. It is advisable for a firm to lower its level of debt in the presence of financial distress costs since higher debt levels are associated with higher financial distress costs. Two other forms of agency costs are reduced effort and excessive spending on perks. Overinvestment can be defined as the tendency of shareholders to invest in risky negative NPV projects. None of the above is false. A type of agency problem that results in shareholders not investing in positive NPV projects in the presence of financial distress costs is: asset substitution cashing in underinvestment cashing out none of the above