Suppose Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has an equity cost of capital of 8.5%, a debt cost

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Suppose Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has an equity cost of capital of 8.5%, a debt cost of capital of 7.1%, a marginal corporate tax rate of 33%, and a debt-equity ratio of 2.4. Assume that Goodyear maintains a constant debt-equity ratio.

a. What is Goodyear’s WACC?

b. What is Goodyear’s unlevered cost of capital?

c. Explain, intuitively, why Goodyear’s unlevered cost of capital is less than its equity cost of capital and higher than its WACC.

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Corporate Finance The Core

ISBN: 9781292158334

4th Global Edition

Authors: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo

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