1. What is the APV of the project, including the tax shield?

The large, consistently profitable firm you work for is considering a small project. Your firm is financed by 60% equity and 40% debt. Its cost of equity is 10%. Its cost of debt is 5%. The risk free rate is 5%. Corporate taxes are 40%. The expected rate of return on the market is 11%. Assume CAPM is correct and the project is just as risky as your firm. Recall equation 18-5: BETA(unlevered firm) - (Equity / ((Equity) + (1 - tax rate)"(DEBT))) * BETA(levered firm) The project will cost $1000 at time 0, and is expected to produce $1250 at time 1, and no other cashflows. The firm is considering $600 debt at 6% and $400 equity to finance