The agency problem also suggests a negative relationship between capital structure and a firm’s growth. Myer 1997 argued that high-growth firms might have more options for future investment than low-growth firms. Thus, highly leveraged firms are more likely to pass up profitable investment opportunities, because such an investment will effectively transfer wealth from the firm’s owners to its debt holders. As a result, issue debt in the first place, and leverage is expected to be negatively related to growth opportunities.