Based on your understanding of the trade-off theory, what kind of firms are likely to use more leverage? Firms that have relatively lower business risk compared to other firms in their industry O Firms that have relatively higher business risk compared to other firms in their industry Based on your understanding of the capital structure theories, identify the best option for the missing part of the statement. According to signalling theory, if managers expect the firm's stock price to decrease, they are ???? to raise capital through equity financing. Encouraged O Discouraged A leveraged buyout (LBO) helps the firm ???? both its excess cash flows and managers' temptation to incur wasteful expenses. O Increase O Reduce According to pecking-order hypothesis, a profitable firm is likely to use ???? debt than a less profitable firm. O More O Less