1 which is INCORRECT about a perfect capital market? there is no financial frictions such as managerial entrenchment O capital structure will ave an impact for firm value wacc remains constant no matter how leverage changes it is introduced by Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller

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1. which is INCORRECT about a perfect capital market?
O there is no financial frictions such as managerial entrenchment
5. which of the following is CORRECT about agency costs?
O debt is always more favorable than equity considering all sorts of agency issues
O capital structure will have an impact for firm value
O debt can mitigate the underinvestment issue
O wacc remains constant no matter how leverage changes
O debt can mitigate the empire building issue
O when risk-shifting issue is severe, firms should tum to debt financing instead of using equity
O it is introduced by Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller
6. in a perfect capital market, a firm currently has $10m debt at cost of 5% and $10m equity at cost of 10%. what should be its unlevered cost of equity before it raises any debt?
2. which of the following is NOT a financial friction that a perfect capital market is free of?
O 10%
O 75%
O transaction costs
O 5%
O interest payment
O 15%
O debt overhang
O none of the above
O risk shifting
7. which of the following is INCORRECT about asymmetric info?
O tis costly for both equity issuer and investers
3. which of the following is NOT an example of financial distress costs?
O in the used car market eample, in equilibrium only bad cars get sold cheap
O equity issuer should disclose information to justily its decisions to reduce anymmetric info
O loss of customers
tis considered as a disadvantage for debt
O higher cost of borrowing
8. a firm maintains a constant level of $15m debt. If the tax rate is 40%, what is the additional firm valued added by the debt if cost of debt is 4%7
dilution of ownership
O 4m
O Sm
O direct costs associated with chapter 7 or 11
O 6m
4. what does the tradeoff theory say?
O optimal leverage happens when marginal tax benefits of debt equals marginal cost of financial distress
9. in a perfect capital market, a 100% equity financed firm has an unlevered cost of equity of 10% and value of $10m. now it raises S5m debt and uses it to buy back shares from the market. if cost o
debt is 5%, what is its new levered cost of equity?
O 15%
O firm should lever up as much as possible
O 10%
O there is a tradeoff between manager-equity holder conflicts and debt-equity holder conflicts
O 5%
O 75%
O there is a tradeoff between tax benefits of debt and agency costs of debt
O none of the above
10. in a perfect capital market, a firm has 10m equity at the cost of 10% and 10m debt at the cost of 5%. now it raises another S5m debt at the same cost of debt and uses it to buy back shares. what
is its new levered cost of equity?
O 10%
O 125%
O 15%
O 75%
O nene of the above
Transcribed Image Text:1. which is INCORRECT about a perfect capital market? O there is no financial frictions such as managerial entrenchment 5. which of the following is CORRECT about agency costs? O debt is always more favorable than equity considering all sorts of agency issues O capital structure will have an impact for firm value O debt can mitigate the underinvestment issue O wacc remains constant no matter how leverage changes O debt can mitigate the empire building issue O when risk-shifting issue is severe, firms should tum to debt financing instead of using equity O it is introduced by Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller 6. in a perfect capital market, a firm currently has $10m debt at cost of 5% and $10m equity at cost of 10%. what should be its unlevered cost of equity before it raises any debt? 2. which of the following is NOT a financial friction that a perfect capital market is free of? O 10% O 75% O transaction costs O 5% O interest payment O 15% O debt overhang O none of the above O risk shifting 7. which of the following is INCORRECT about asymmetric info? O tis costly for both equity issuer and investers 3. which of the following is NOT an example of financial distress costs? O in the used car market eample, in equilibrium only bad cars get sold cheap O equity issuer should disclose information to justily its decisions to reduce anymmetric info O loss of customers tis considered as a disadvantage for debt O higher cost of borrowing 8. a firm maintains a constant level of $15m debt. If the tax rate is 40%, what is the additional firm valued added by the debt if cost of debt is 4%7 dilution of ownership O 4m O Sm O direct costs associated with chapter 7 or 11 O 6m 4. what does the tradeoff theory say? O optimal leverage happens when marginal tax benefits of debt equals marginal cost of financial distress 9. in a perfect capital market, a 100% equity financed firm has an unlevered cost of equity of 10% and value of $10m. now it raises S5m debt and uses it to buy back shares from the market. if cost o debt is 5%, what is its new levered cost of equity? O 15% O firm should lever up as much as possible O 10% O there is a tradeoff between manager-equity holder conflicts and debt-equity holder conflicts O 5% O 75% O there is a tradeoff between tax benefits of debt and agency costs of debt O none of the above 10. in a perfect capital market, a firm has 10m equity at the cost of 10% and 10m debt at the cost of 5%. now it raises another S5m debt at the same cost of debt and uses it to buy back shares. what is its new levered cost of equity? O 10% O 125% O 15% O 75% O nene of the above
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