We live in a perfect Modigliani Miller World without frictions. Vencidario Inc. has a mixed capital structure, with both equity and debt. We know the following about its cost of capital:.(i) risk-free rate rf = 10%; (ii) beta of equity bE = 1.5; (iii) cost of debt rD = 12%; (iv) market return rm = 18%; (v) debt-to-value ratio D/V = 0.5. Explain in detail the mechanism behind the reduction of the cost of debt from question 1a) to question 1b). Compare how the cost of equity would have changed from subitem a) to subitem b) if there were no reduction on the cost of debt.

We live in a perfect Modigliani Miller World without frictions. Vencidario Inc. has a mixed capital structure, with both equity and debt. We know the following about its cost of capital:.(i) risk-free rate rf = 10%; (ii) beta of equity bE = 1.5; (iii) cost of debt rD = 12%; (iv) market return rm = 18%; (v) debt-to-value ratio D/V = 0.5. Explain in detail the mechanism behind the reduction of the cost of debt from question 1a) to question 1b). Compare how the cost of equity would have changed from subitem a) to subitem b) if there were no reduction on the cost of debt.

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