Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book
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Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 18.8, Problem 2CC
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To discuss: Whether the WACC method can be applied for the firm’s debt–equity ratio over times.
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The debt–equity ratio indicates how much debt a company is using to finance its assets relative to the value of shareholders equity. This ratio is calculated by dividing company’s total liabilities by its shareholders equity; it is used to measure company’s financial leverage.
Weighted Average Cost of Capital: (WACC) is the rate that a company is expected to pay, on an average, to all the security holders in order to finance its assets.
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