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One of the indirect costs of bankruptcy is the incentive for managers to take large risks. when following this strategy:

a. the firm will rank all projects and select the project which results in the highest expected firm value.
b. bondholders expropriate value from stockholders by selecting high-risk projects.
c. stockholders expropriate value from bondholders by selecting high-risk projects.
d. the firm will always select the lowest-risk project available.
e. the firm will select only all-equity financed projects.

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The correct answer is (c) stockholders expropriate value from bondholders by selecting high-risk projects.

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