During recent years your company has made considerable use of debt financing, to the extent that it
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(a) It is too expensive for the firm to issue new debt.
(b) Financing the project with new equity will reduce earnings per share because the market value of equity is less than book value.
(c) Equity markets are currently depressed. If the firm waits until the market index improves, the market value of equity will exceed the book value and equity financing will no longer reduce earnings per share.
Critique the president's logic.
Table Q15.20. Balance Sheet as of December 31.19xx
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Financial Theory and Corporate Policy
ISBN: 978-0321127211
4th edition
Authors: Thomas E. Copeland, J. Fred Weston, Kuldeep Shastri
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