PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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Chapter 17, Problem 3PS
Corporate leverage* Suppose that Macbeth Spot Removers issues only $2,500 of debt and uses the proceeds to repurchase 250 shares.
- a. Rework Table 17.2 to show how earnings per share and share return now vary with operating income.
- b. If the beta of Macbeth’s assets is .8 and its debt is risk-free, what would be the beta of the equity after the debt issue?
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