Debt Financing Is Made Up of Explicit and Implicit Costs

question 48

Multiple Choice

Debt financing is made up of explicit and implicit costs which are:

• A)a higher required ROE and the interest rate bondholders demand, respectively.
• B)the interest rate bondholder's demand and a higher required ROE, respectively.
• C)the costs of equity and debt, respectively.
• D)the costs of issuing bonds and the interest rate bondholders demand, respectively.

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