PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE >BI<
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Author: BREALEY
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Chapter 17, Problem 25PS
Investor choice Suppose that new security designs could be patented.14 The patent holder could restrict use of the new design or charge other firms royalties for using it. What effect would such patents have on MM's capital-structure irrelevance theory?
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