Modigliani and Miller's Capital-Structure Irrelevance Proposition Modigliani and Miller, two professors in the 1950s, studied capital-structure theory intensely. From their analysis, they developed the capital-structure irrelevance proposition. Essentially, they hypothesized that in perfect markets, it does not matter what capital structure a company uses to finance its operations. The MM study is based on the following key assumptions: * No taxes * No transaction costs * No bankruptcy
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Financial Structure is the framework of various types of financing employed by a Oil company to acquire and support resources necessary for its operations, commonly, it comprises of stockholders’ investments, long- term loans, short-term loans and short-term liabilities as reflected on the right hand side of the Oil company balance sheet. Financial Structure is different from capital structure in the sense that it also includes current liabilities. Therefore, financial structure is the combination
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OVERVIEW 3 3.1 Historical Company Leverage Financing & Peer Industry Leverage Analysis 5 3.1.1 Interest Coverage Ratio 6 3.1.2 Managerial Inertia Theory 7 3.1.3 Security Mispricing Theory 7 3.1.4 Pecking Order Theory 8 3.2 Optimal Leverage Analysis 8 3.2.1 Trade -Off Theory 8 3.2.2 The Dividend Imputation System in Australia 10 3.2.3 Agency Theory 11 3.2.4 Stakeholder Theory 12 3.2.5 Predation /
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FINC 5000 LESSON NOTES – WEEK 7 CHAPTER 15 Capital Structure Introduction: Capital Structure Theory - Capital Structure refers to the proportion of debt and equity being used to finance a firm’s assets: Assets = Debt + Equity Capital Structure - In this lesson we will examine the notion that capital structure affects the value of the firm. That is, the value of the firm might change with the amount of debt that is present. -
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From investopedia.com Modigliani and Miller's Tradeoff Theory of Leverage The tradeoff theory assumes that there are benefits to leverage within a capital structure up until the optimal capital structure is reached. The theory recognizes the tax benefit from interest payments - that is, because interest paid on debt is tax deductible, issuing bonds effectively reduces a company's tax liability. Paying dividends on equity, however, does not. Thought of another way, the actual rate of interest
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the best financing mix or capital structure for his firm. Capital structure could have two effects. First, firms of the same risk class could possibly have higher cost of capital with higher leverage. Second, capital structure may affect the valuation of the firm, with more leveraged firms, being riskier, being valued lower than less leveraged firms. If we consider that the manager of a firm has the shareholders' wealth maximisation as his objective, then capital structure is an important decision
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Bed Bath & Beyond “The Capital Structure Decision” Advanced Corporate Finance Everaars, Tim 6160492 Groenenberg, Erik 6178944 Kruitwagen, Max 6359744 Veldkamp, Max 6270581 1. What is wrong with building up cash? Provide (at least two) reasons in favor and against keeping cash in the firm. You need a cash reserve for bad economic times. If business is not going very well, you’re making losses, you need some
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STAMFORD UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH Assignment On: Capital Structure Analysis of Lafarge Surma Cement Limited Course Title: Finance Theory Course Code: FIN -608 Submit To Mohammad Salahuddin Chowdhury, ACA Assistant Professor, Dept. of Finance, University of Dhaka Submit By Md. Jahidul Islam; ID: MBA-05014570 Jabun Nahar; ID: MBA 05014443 Rajib Kumar Saha; ID: MBA 05014533 Date of submission 17th April 2013 Letter of Transmittal April 17, 2013 Mohammad Salahuddin Chowdhury, ACA Assistant
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Executive Summary 3 1. Introduction 4 1.1 Overview of Harvey Norman Holding Limited 4 1.2 Major Competitor 5 1.2.1 JB Hi-Fi 5 1.2.2 Woolworth 5 2. Capital Structures 6 2.1 Types of Funding 6 2.2 Recent Trends of Leverage 7 2.3 Comparison of capital structure with similar companies 9 2.4 Capital expenditures and its financing 10 2.5 Important factors influencing the use of debt financing 10 2.5.1 Tax Advantage 10 2.5.2 Corporate Tax Rate 11
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Capital structure refers to the way a corporation finances its assets through some combination of equity and debt. A firm's capital structure is the composition of structure of its liabilities. According to Modigliani-Miller theorem, in a perfect capital market (no transaction or bankruptcy costs; perfect information); firms and individuals can borrow at the same interest rate; no taxes; and investment decisions aren't affected by financing decisions. Modigliani and Miller made two findings under
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