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Publisher: Mcgraw Hill Publishers
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Chapter 2, Problem 10DQ
Why is interest expense said to cost the firm substantially less than the actual expense, while dividends cost it 100 percent of the outlay? (LO2-1)
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Loose Leaf for Foundations of Financial Management Format: Loose-leaf
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