If a Firm Does Not Have Publicly Traded Debt and Therefore

question 25

Multiple Choice

If a firm does not have publicly traded debt and therefore does not have a yield to maturity as an estimate for its cost of debt,a common practice is to estimate the cost of debt by adding a premium to the rate on:

• A)the cost of accounts payable.
• B)equity.
• C)long-term government bonds.
• D)collateralized debt obligations.

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