NatNah, a builder of acoustic accessories, has no debt and an equity cost of capital of 17%.

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NatNah, a builder of acoustic accessories, has no debt and an equity cost of capital of 17%. NatNah decides to increase its leverage to maintain a market debt-to-value ratio of 0.4. Suppose its debt cost of capital is 7% and its corporate tax rate is 33%. If NatNah’s pretax WACC remains constant, what will be its (effective after-tax) WACC with the increase in leverage?

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Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9781292437156

5th Global Edition

Authors: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo, Jarrad Harford

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