1. Which of the following would increase the likelihood that a company would increase its debt ratio in its capital structure? a. An increase in costs incurred when filing for bankruptcy. b. An increase in the corporate tax rate. c. An increase in the personal tax rate. d. None of the statements above is correct. ANSWER: B An increase in the corporate tax rate would mean that firms would get larger tax breaks for interest payments. Therefore‚ firms have an incentive to increase interest payments
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Now that we have applied all the tools necessary for hypothesis testing‚ the final results can be discussed in detail. All variables with respect to their relation to the capital structure will be discussed separately. Not only the figures have been interpreted as per the mathematical rules‚ but they have also been analyzed according to the prevalent conditions in the cement industry during the period of analysis. Therefore‚ it is necessary to give the industry scenario
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TELUS Case Study: "The Future is Friendly" Telecommunication is a large and ever growing industry. Communication worldwide has transformed itself from hand written letters‚ to the home phone‚ to mass communication through wireless devices and internet capabilities. TELUS is one of the corporations competing internationally for customer usage and advancing communication technology. For TELUS‚ being a telecommunication company is more than providing telephone services; The use of voice‚ data‚
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American Finance Association Market Timing and Capital Structure Author(s): Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler Source: The Journal of Finance‚ Vol. 57‚ No. 1 (Feb.‚ 2002)‚ pp. 1-32 Published by: Wiley for the American Finance Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2697832 . Accessed: 08/09/2013 22:22 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a
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“DETERMINANTS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE IN PAKISTAN” Capital structure refers to the combination of asset financing from different available sources. Normally the companies have two choices‚ either to finance the assets from internal source that is termed as retained earnings or from external source that splits into debt and equity. A firm’s capital structure is than the composition of its liabilities. In reality‚ capital structure of firms may be highly complex and consist of number of sources. These
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Business Financing and the Capital Structure Explain the process of financial planning used to estimate asset investment requirements for a corporation. Explain the concept of working capital management. Identify and briefly describe several financial instruments that are used as marketable securities to park excess cash. As a business owner‚ it is important to know the value of your assets as they can be used as leverage for obtaining loans and can be used to estimate your ability to repay your
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background The main theme of capital structure is the reasoning that it is the blend of two main financial variables which are liabilities that includes debt and the second one is also a kind of liability retained earnings or equity. These are the main variables that are involved in the asset financing of an organization. The major decision that is made in finance is about the capital structure. There are many theories about capital structure. Except of those theories there is the major
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#2 Capital Structure -1 Dr. Kulbir Singh Advanced Corporate Finance (ACF) Term III 2013-14 IMT-Nagpur Capital Structure: Introduction Mix of debt and equity use to finance its business Goal of CS Decision: to determine the financial leverage or CS that maximizes the value of company by minimizing WACC. Theory of Corporate Financing MM Theory of CS Irrelevance Trade-Off Theory Agency Theory Dr. Kulbir Singh (IMT-Nagpur) ADF 2013-14 Pecking Order Theory 2 Capital Structure: Introduction……
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Why did Unilever’s decentralized organizational structure make sense from the 1950’s through the 1970’s? Why did this structure start to create problems for the company in the 1980’s? Ans: Because then there was almost no competition in the markets Unilever was targeting‚ they mostly maintained the largest market share and there was probably not so much international influence from other multinationals. 1. The structure began to create problems for the company because influencing other multinationals
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the organization. The results of a working capital analysis will assist in the determination of organization¡¦s ability to remain in a particular line of business. The primary focus of Team C¡¦s analysis of Wal-Mart‚ Inc is its current and future financial condition. The most imperative areas that are found in the Capital Structure Analysis Report fall into the following categories: Working Capital Management‚ Valuation and Investment‚ and Cost of Capital. The company¡¦s operational processes within
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