Which of the Following Statements Is Most Correct

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is most correct?

• A) An increase in the corporate tax rate,would lower the weighted average cost of capital for an average firm,other things held constant.
• B) Depreciation-generated funds have a cost equal to the firm's lowest WACC,and hence they have no impact on the MCC schedule.
• C) As a firm's debt-to-assets ratio approaches 100 percent,the after-tax cost of debt,r_dT,will be at its lowest level.
• D) Statements a,b,and c are all true.
• E) Statements a,b,and c are all false.

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