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Chapter 17, Problem 5CQ
MM and Bankruptcy Costs How does the existence of financial distress costs and agency costs affect Modigliani and Miller's theory in a world where corporations pay taxes?
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- debt can bo soon as a remedy for agency costs and -problems, and therefore create value in companies. However, in certain circumstances debt can also be responsible for aggravating agency problems, and load to value destruction in companies. Please explain and discuss this statement.arrow_forwardCritically discuss over-investment and under-investment problems due to debt usage. What kinds of capital structures could prevent such problems?arrow_forwardWhich of the following contentions concerning the static trade off theory of capital structure are true? (i) The optimal capital structure depends upon both the value of the tax shield and on the costs of financial distress. (ii) Costs of financial distress decrease as the amount of debt in the capital structure increases. (iii) The value of the tax shield increases as the amount of debt in the capital structure decreases. (iv) The cost of financial distress does not depend upon the nature of the firm's assets. O Only (i) and (iv) are true. O Only (iv) is true. O Only (i) is true. None are true. O Only (ii) and (iii) are true.arrow_forward
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