Corporate Finance
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Author: Ross, Stephen A.
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Chapter 13, Problem 15QAP
Summary Introduction
Adequate information:
Capital required
Weight of common stock
Weight of
Weight of debt
Flotation cost of common stock
Flotation cost of preferred stock
Flotation cost of debt
To compute: True initial cost for the company S.
Introduction: Weighted average flotation cost is the determination of the proportion of the project to be financed with equity and the proportion to be financed with debt.
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