Inderst, Roman; Mueller, Holger M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
second case, it is levered equity. Debt maximizes lenders’ payoffs from financing low-NPV projects, i.e., projects that have … a high probability mass on low cashflows, thus minimizing their conservatism. Conversely, levered equity minimizes … that are relatively likely to break even are financed with debt, while less profitable projects are financed with equity …