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A firm currently has no debt and its equity beta is currently 2.0.The risk-free rate is 5% and the market risk premium is 7%.The corporate
A firm currently has no debt and its equity beta is currently 2.0.The risk-free rate is 5% and the market risk premium is 7%.The corporate tax rate is 40%.The firm is going restructure its debt-to-equity ratio to ratio to (i.e., they will set D/E = ).The debt they issue will pay 8% interest.If they make this change, what will the firm's new weighted average cost of capital (WACC) be after the change?
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Income Tax Fundamentals 2013
Authors: Gerald E. Whittenburg, Martha Altus Buller, Steven L Gill
31st Edition
1111972516, 978-1285586618, 1285586611, 978-1285613109, 978-1111972516
