ch one of the following actions by a financial manager creates an agency problem?   Lowering selling prices that will result in increased firm value   Agreeing to expand the company at the expense of stockholders' value   Borrowing money when doing so creates value for the firm   Agreeing to pay management bonuses based on the market value of the firm's stock

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