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Questions:
What are agency costs, and how are agency costs of financial distress different from agency benefits of leverage? Explain their impact on calculating the value of a firm with financial distress.
When securities are fairly priced, why would the original shareholders of a firm pay the present value of bankruptcy and financial distress costs?
What are the dividend payment process and the open-market repurchase process? In your answer, be sure to explain the effects they have in a perfect world.
What are the benefits and drawbacks of accumulating cash balances rather than paying dividends and what effects do dividend policy have on this type of decision?
Essays:
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What impact does asymmetric information have on the optimal level of leverage? In your answer, be sure to describe the implications of adverse selection and the lemons principle for equity issuance, as well as the empirical implications.
Compare and contrast mature profitable firms with stable cash flows with firms with higher risk (dependencies on economy) with unstable cash flows. What risks do they take in regards to leverage use, tax shields, and trading information between managers and investors?
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In making an ethical decision
: In making an ethical decision, which step entails exploring your own personal beliefs and how it can affect your opinion?
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Branches of government
: Provide a topic sentence that briefly describes one strength and one weakness of one branch of our government: Executive, Legislative, orJudiciary.
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Example of a non-assurance service
: Which of the following is an example of a non-assurance service?
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What are risk factors that cause concerns
: Competition is reducing your market shares and, therefore, reducing your profits. One possible solution is to outsource the production to a foreign country to reduce the cost. How will you outsource? What are the key benefits to your company? What ar..
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How are agency costs of financial distress
: What impact does asymmetric information have on the optimal level of leverage? In your answer, be sure to describe the implications of adverse selection and the lemons principle for equity issuance, as well as the empirical implications.
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Compute the net present value of the test equipment
: The total acquisition cost of the equipment is $300,000. To raise the necessary capital, Southwest will have to sell stock valued at $200,000 (the stock pays dividends of $24,000 per year) and borrow $100,000 at an annual interest rate of 6% per year..
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Behavior that gives purpose and meaning to organizations
: Behavior that gives purpose and meaning to organizations, while envisioning and creating a positive future, is
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Use a two-sample test with independent samples
: Respond to the following: Give two examples as follows: A research situation when you would use a two-sample test with independent samples A research situation when you would use a two-sample test with dependent samples
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AICPA Code of Professional Conduct
: Which of the following standards is inapplicable to Rule 201 of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct?
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