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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784040303321

Autore

Rao Ramesh K. S

Titolo

A theory of the firm's cost of capital [[electronic resource] ] : how debt affects the firm's risk, value, tax rate, and the government's tax claim / / Ramesh K.S. Rao, Eric C. Stevens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2007

ISBN

1-281-12098-7

9786611120986

981-270-837-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (105 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StevensEric C. <1962->

Disciplina

338.6/04101

Soggetti

Corporations - Finance

Capital costs

Corporate debt

Capital assets pricing model

Financial leverage

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-88) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Model setting -- Distributional assumptions -- Model solution procedure -- Discussion of results -- Extension to s x s states -- Numerical illustration -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

The cost of capital concept has myriad applications in business decision-making. The standard methodology for deriving cost of capital estimates is based on the seminal Modigliani-Miller analyses. This book generalizes this framework to include non-debt tax shields (e.g., depreciation), interactions between the borrowing rate and tax shields, and default considerations. It develops several new results and shows how better cost of capital and marginal tax rate estimates can be generated. The book's unified cost of capital theory is discussed with comprehensive numerical examples and graphical