Assume that an all equity firm has total assets of $500,000 and the following income statement. Statement. 2013 $420,000.00 -$252,000.00 -$8,000.00 $160,000.00 $0.00 $160,000.00 -$64,000.00 $96,000.00 Sales COGS Depreciation EBIT Interest EBT Taxes Net Income As you can calculate, the current return on equity is 19.20 percent. Now assume that the firm's management decides to issue $125,000 of debt at a before-tax rate of 8.0 percent, and to use the proceeds to repurchase common stock. Given this information, determine how much the return on equity will increase due to the "leverage effect" from the firm's use of debt.