The MM irrelevance capital structure theory proved that a firm’s value is unaffected by its capital structure. But their study was based on all of the following strong assumptions excluding:     a. There are no brokerage costs.     b. There are no corporate taxes and personal taxes.     c. There are bankruptcy costs and agency costs.     d. There is no asymmetric information problem, and all investors can borrow at the same rate as corporations.

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