Foundations of Financial Management
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ISBN: 9781259277160
Author: Stanley B. Block, Geoffrey A. Hirt, Bartley Danielsen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 10DQ
Why is interest expense said to cost the firm substantially less than the actual expense, while dividends cost it 100 percent of the outlay? (LO2-1)
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