The Salad Oil Storage Company (SOS) has financed a large part of its facilities with long-term debt.
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a. Explain why SOS stockholders could lose by investing in a positive-NPV project financed by an equity issue.
b. Explain why SOS stockholders could gain by investing in a highly risky, negative-NPV project.
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
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