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- 'If a firm issues debt that is risk free because there is no possibility of default, the risk of the firm's equity does not change. Therefore, risk-free debt allows the firm to get the benefit of a low cost of capital of debt without raising its cost of capital of equity'. Critically evaluate the above statement.(4 Points)
- What are the direct and indirect costs of financial distress? Explain(5 Points)
- Critically evaluated the impact of asymmetric information on the firm's capital structure decisions? How do the firm's financing actions give investors signals that reflect management's view of stock value?(5 Points)
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
ISBN: 978-0321818171
2nd Canadian edition
Authors: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo, Jarrad Harford
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