Which of the following statements is FALSE? When a firm faces financial distress, it may choose not to finance new, positive-NPV projects.   An under-investment problem occurs when shareholders choose to not invest in a positive-NPV project.   Agency costs represent another cost of increasing the firm's leverage that will affect the firm's optimal capital structure choice.   The agency costs of debt can arise only if there is no chance the firm will default and impose losses on its debt holders.

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