In the context of the Bhattacharya [1979] model, assume that the personal tax rate is 25%, the

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In the context of the Bhattacharya [1979] model, assume that the personal tax rate is 25%, the penalty associated with a shortfall is 50%, the project cash flows are uniformly distributed over (0,500), and the appropriate discount rate is 20%. What is the optimal dividend and value response to this dividend? What is the impact of changing the personal tax rate to 30%? Changing the cost of a shortfall to 70%? Changing the discount rate to 40%?
Discount Rate
Depending upon the context, the discount rate has two different definitions and usages. First, the discount rate refers to the interest rate charged to the commercial banks and other financial institutions for the loans they take from the Federal...
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A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
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Financial Theory and Corporate Policy

ISBN: 978-0321127211

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Authors: Thomas E. Copeland, J. Fred Weston, Kuldeep Shastri

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