Imagine there are two identical firms except for their capital structure. One firm is unleveled, and its equity has a market value of $990. The other firm has borrowed $500, and its equity has a market value of $510. Imagine the risk-free Interest rate is 5%, the risk premium is 10%, and the cost of capital is 15%.

Required:

1. Briefly explain the underlying theory related to this question. (10 marks)

2. Does Modigliani Miller Proposition I hold? Justify Your Answer (15 marks)

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1 The underlying theory related to this question is the ModiglianiMiller MM theorem Modigliani and Miller developed this theorem to analyze the relati... View the full answer