Leah, the ceo of steadyresults corp., feels that she is underpaid, so she hires a compensation consultant to survey actual competitors of the company. according to agency theory, if steadyresults performs poorly, her salary will most likely:

increase in order to retain her

Explanation:

First of all, the corporation must seek to minimize the conflict between Leah and the board regarding her compensation level. Incentives, usually monetary, are used to redirect the behavior and actions of a CEO so that they align with the corporation's best interests. In this case, since SteadyResults is performing poorly, the board can offer Leah a raise in case the corporation's poor results are reversed and it performs better. Changing a CEO is never easy, especially when business is a little rough.

credit history is used by lenders to determine whether you are a 'risky' person to give their money to.

having a short history provide very little data for the lenders. they wouldn't be able to determine your credit behavior from such a small samples. even if they are perfect.

having long credit history with few blemishes provide larger and more accurate data for the lenders to predict your credit behavior.