Question 1 Empirical evidence on the long-run wealth effects of initial public offerings (as discussed in lectures) demonstrates that in the long run investors in US IPOs are, on average, much better off investing in the IPO firms (rather than in other similar non-IPO firms) because they earn positive returns. True/False Question 2 One implication of the pecking order theory of capital structure is that debt should be used as the first source of financing projects as issuing new debt can lower a company's overall debt rating and therefore result in an optimal capital structure. True/False