FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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Chapter 25, Problem 18QP
Equity as an Option [LO4] Frostbite Thermalwear has a zero coupon bond issue outstanding with a face value of $25,000 that matures in one year. The current market value of the firm’s assets is $28,300. The standard deviation of the return on the firm’s assets is 38 percent per year, and the annual risk-free rate is 6 percent per year, compounded continuously. Based on the Black–Scholes model, what is the market value of the firm’s equity and debt? What is the firm’s continuously compounded cost of debt?
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FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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