The dollar cost of debt for Javelin Consulting, a Canadian research firm, is 7.5%. The firm faces

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The dollar cost of debt for Javelin Consulting, a Canadian 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 JPY 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 CAD and JPY are rCAD = 5% and rJPY = 1%, respectively. Javelin Consulting is willing to assume that capital markets are internationally integrated and that its free cash flows are uncorrelated with the JPY-CAD spot rate. What is Javelin Consulting's after-tax cost of debt in JPY?
Cost Of Debt
The cost of debt is the effective interest rate a company pays on its debts. It’s the cost of debt, such as bonds and loans, among others. The cost of debt often refers to before-tax cost of debt, which is the company's cost of debt before taking...
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-0133400694

1st canadian edition

Authors: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo, Jarrad Harford, David A. Stangeland, Andras Marosi

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