Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book
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Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
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Chapter 12, Problem 17P
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To determine: The yield DU will have to pay and the spread over AAA bonds will it have to pay.
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To determine: The yield DU would have to pay if it were a recession, by assuming the expected loss rate is 80% and the spread over AAA bonds will have to pay.
c.
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To determine: The redo calculation of part (b) by assuming that the market risk premium and the beta of debt both increase by 20%; that is, they equal 1.2 times their value in recessions.
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