PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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Chapter 17, Problem 24PS
Investor choice People often convey the idea behind MM's proposition l by various supermarket analogies, for example, “The value of a pie should not depend on how it is sliced,” or, “The cost of a whole chicken should equal the cost of assembling one by buying two drumsticks, two wings, two breasts, and so on.”
Actually proposition 1 doesn’t work in the supermarket. You’ll pay less for an uncut whole pie than for a pie assembled from pieces purchased separately. Supermarkets charge more for chickens after they are cut up. Why? What costs or imperfections cause proposition I to fail in the supermarket? Are these costs or imperfections likely to be important for corporations issuing securities on the U.S. or world capital markets? Explain.
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When dealing with Make or Buy - we have several alternatives that could be possible. Like with any problem associated with relevant decision making, we have to list all of our alternatives side by side and choose the best one. Yet, as we've discussed, there are items that are important that can be non-financial. For instance, if a series of alternatives suggests we should drop a product line because the numbers say it'd be a good move, do we just do it? What about the political fall out? The loss of jobs? All of these things need to be weighed when making these all to complicated decisions.
An analysis of selling costs shows: (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a
correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be
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| Management may want to consider offering discounts for large orders.
| Small orders are preferable to medium sized orders.
O Large orders are preferable to medium sized orders.
O Marketing should be focused on small sized orders.
Chapter 17 Solutions
PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Ch. 17 - Homemade leverage Ms. Kraft owns 50,000 shares of...Ch. 17 - Homemade leverage Companies A and B differ only in...Ch. 17 - Corporate leverage Suppose that Macbeth Spot...Ch. 17 - Corporate leverage Reliable Gearing currently is...Ch. 17 - MMs propositions True or false? a. MMs...Ch. 17 - MMs propositions What is wrong with the following...Ch. 17 - Prob. 7PSCh. 17 - MM proposition 1 Executive Cheese has issued debt...Ch. 17 - Prob. 9PSCh. 17 - Prob. 10PS
Ch. 17 - MM proposition 2 Spam Corp. is financed entirely...Ch. 17 - MM proposition 2. Increasing financial leverage...Ch. 17 - Prob. 13PSCh. 17 - MM proposition 2 Look back to Section 17-1....Ch. 17 - MM proposition 2 Hubbards Pet Foods is financed...Ch. 17 - MM proposition 2 Imagine a firm that is expected...Ch. 17 - MM proposition 2 Archimedes Levers is financed by...Ch. 17 - MM proposition 2 Look back to Problem 17. Suppose...Ch. 17 - Prob. 19PSCh. 17 - After-tax WACC Gaucho Services starts life with...Ch. 17 - After-tax WACC Omega Corporation has 10 million...Ch. 17 - After-tax WACC Gamma Airlines has an asset beta of...Ch. 17 - Prob. 23PSCh. 17 - Investor choice People often convey the idea...Ch. 17 - Investor choice Suppose that new security designs...
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