Question

The shareholder-debtholder conflict refers to:________

a) When shareholders recognize that being socially responsible is not inconsistent with structuring the rights incentives for managers
b) When the primary goal of the financial manager is to maximize shareholder wealth and minimize bondholder wealth
c) When shareholders prefer risk and bondholders prefer to limit risk
d) When manager incentives are not properly aligned with those of the firm's shareholders and bondholders
e) When bondholders recognize that being socially responsible is not inconsistent with shareholder maximizing wealth

Answer 1

C

Step-by-step explanation:

The shareholder-debtholder conflict usually arises because shareholders would prefer the firm to engage in more risky business activities. This is because this has the potential to increase the income of the firm and as a result, the wealth of shareholders.

On the other hand debtholders would not want the firm to engage in risky activities because it might negatively affect the firm's ability to make its schedules payments to debtholders.

In order to protect themselves, debtholders usually draft a deb covenant which contains allowable activities of the firm