Question 9 4 points Firms generally choose to finance temporary current assets with short-term debt because a short-term debt has a higher cost than equity capital O b. a firm that borrows heavily on a long-term basis is more apt to be unable to repay the debt than a firm that borrows short term. oo short-term interest rates have traditionally been more stable than long-term interest rates Od matching the maturities of assets and liabilities reduces risk under some circumstances, and also because sport-term debt is often less expensive than long-term capital Oe, the yield curve is normally downward sloping