Fundamentals of Corporate Finance with Connect Access Card
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Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
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Chapter 14, Problem 11QP
Finding the Target Capital Structure [LO3] Fama’s Llamas has a weighted average cost of capital of 8.5 percent. The company’s
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance with Connect Access Card
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