There Are Two Costs of Debt Finance

question 63

True/False

There are two costs of debt finance.The explicit cost of debt is the rate of interest that bondholders demand.But there is also an implicit cost,because higher levels of debt increase the required rate of return to equity.

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Product Cycle

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