Marginal Incorporated (MI) has determined that its after-tax cost of debt is 6.0% forthe first $134 million in bonds it issues, and 10.0% for any bonds issued above $134million. Its cost of preferred stock is 15.0%. Its cost of internal equity is 18.0%, andits cost of external equity is 21.0%. Currently, the firm's capital structure has $276million of debt, $30 million of preferred stock, and $294 million of common equity.The firm's marginal tax rate is 35%. The firm's managers have determined that thefirm should have $89 million available from retained earnings for investmentpurposes next period. What is the firm's marginal cost of capital at a total investmentlevel of $236 million?13.80%15.64%12.33%14.17%14.03%12.83%11.36%12.56%

In simple terms, the MCC is the new WACC incorporating the marginal weights of newly acquired funds.…

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