Generally,as Debt Is Substituted for Equity,risk,as Measured by the Coefficient

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Generally,as debt is substituted for equity,risk,as measured by the coefficient of variation of EPS,increases.This negative effect works against the positive effect of substituting debt for equity,which is that higher leverage increases expected EPS.

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