Your co-worker states, “There is no benefit to issuing debt.” Assuming the Modigliani and Miller assumptions...
Your co-worker states, “There is no benefit to issuing debt.” Assuming the Modigliani and Miller assumptions are true, is your co-worker’s claim:
| True, because firm value is unaffected by debt. |
| True, because debt might lead to bankruptcy. |
| False, because debt increases the return to equity. |
| False, because holding debt provides interest tax shields |
Homework Answers
The answer is True, because the firm value is unaffected by debt
One of the assumptions of the Modigliani and MIller is that there are no taxes.
When there are no taxes, there is no interest tax shield, so there is no benefit to issuing debt.
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