Company X has a higher degree of financial risk than Company Y. Company X can offset this by lowering its operating leverage. True or false? Firm A has more business risk than Firm B, but they both have the same total risk. Which of the following statements must be true? a. In order to offset its higher business risk, Firm A will increase its operating leverage so that its total risk is the same as Firm B's. b. Because Firm A has more business risk than Firm B, its debt ratio will be greater than Firm B's. c. Because Firm B has less business risk than Firm A, its debt ratio will be lower than Firm A's. d. None of the statements above are true. The correct response is .

4. understanding different policy options to correct for negative externalities carbon dioxide emissions have been linked to global warming. the following table lists some possible public policies aimed at reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. for each policy listed, identify whether it is a command-and-control policy (regulation), tradable permit system, corrective subsidy, or corrective tax. public policy command-and-control policy tradable permit system corrective subsidy corrective tax the government charges factories $110 for every ton of carbon dioxide they emit. the government orders every factory to adopt a new technology, which reduces carbon-dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. trees take carbon dioxide out of the air and convert it to oxygen, so the government funds a tree-planting initiative by offering $110 to any citizen who plants a tree. the government limits total carbon-dioxide emissions by all factories to 180,000 tons per month. each individual factory is given the right to emit 140 tons of carbon dioxide, and factories may buy and sell these rights in a marketplace.