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ROE and Leverage. Suppose the company in Problem1 has a market-to-book ratio of 1.0.a. Cal...

ROE and Leverage. Suppose the company in Problem1 has a market-to-book ratio of 1.0.

a. Calculate return on equity, ROE, under each of the three economic scenarios before any debt is issued. Also, calculate the percentage changes in ROE for economic expansion and recession, assuming no taxes.


b. Repeat part (a) assuming the firm goes through with the proposed recapitalization.


c. Repeat parts (a) and (b) of this problem assuming the firm has a tax rate of 35 percent.

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