ABC Inc,located in Halifax,produces Towels and Is Considering the Establishment of of a Foreign

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Essay

ABC Inc.,located in Halifax,produces towels and is considering the establishment of a foreign operation in Indonesia ABC wants to know its weighted average cost of capital and the cost of capital of an equivalent all-equity financed firm.The interest rate on Indonesian government securities is 18% and on Canadian government securities it is 5%.The Indonesian income tax rate is 40% and the Canadian income rate is 35%.ABC Inc.debt-to-equity ratio is 1:3 and its cost of equity financing is 12%.

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