11. The dollar cost of debt for Healy Consulting, a U.S. research firm, is 7.5%. The firm...
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11. The dollar cost of debt for Healy Consulting, a U.S. research firm, is 7.5%. The firm faces a tax rate of 30% on all income, no matter where it is earned. Managers in the firm need to know its yen cost of debt because they are considering launching a new bond issue in Tokyo to raise money for a new investment there. The risk-free interest rates on dollars and yen are r$ = 5% and r¥ = 1%, respectively. Healy Consulting is willing to assume that capital markets are internationally integrated and that its free cash flows are uncorrelated with the yen-dollar spot rate. What is Healy Consulting’s after-tax cost of debt in yen? (Hint Start by finding the after-tax cost of debt in dollars and then find the yen equivalent.)
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Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance
ISBN: 9781292018409
3rd Global Edition
Authors: Berk, Peter DeMarzo, Jarrad Harford