A firm which is faced with hard rationing:
A) Has more capital funds available than it has positive net present value projects and thus must decide what to do with the excess funds.
B) Allocates a fixed amount of capital funds to each of its divisions on an annual basis.
C) Must decide how to allocate its limited capital funds among numerous positive net present value projects.
D) Must decide how to allocate its limited capital funds among various business units.
E) Has no capital funds available to finance a positive NPV project.

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Hard rationing occurs when a firm has no capital funds available to finance any projects, even those with a positive net present value.

A Firm Which Is Faced with Hard Rationing