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Balance Sheet
Current
Current
Assets
Liabilities
Fixed
Assets
Debt and
Preferred
Shareholders
Equity
Balance Sheet
Current
Current
Assets
Liabilities
Fixed
Assets
Debt and
Preferred
Shareholders
Equity
Balance Sheet
Current
Current
Assets
Liabilities
Fixed
Assets
Debt and
Preferred
Shareholders
Equity
Financial
Structure
Balance Sheet
Current
Current
Assets
Liabilities
Fixed
Assets
Debt and
Preferred
Shareholders
Equity
Balance Sheet
Current
Current
Assets
Liabilities
Fixed
Assets
Debt and
Preferred
Shareholders
Equity
Capital
Structure
Assumptions
Definitions
NOI approach
Traditional approach
Miller Modigliani Approach
Assumptions
Definitions
ki is the yield on the companys debt
NOI Approach
Required return on equity increases linearly
with leverage
Total valuation of the firm unaffected by its
capital structure
NOI Approach
Cost of
Capital
ke
ke = cost of equity
ki = cost of debt
ko = cost of capital
0% debt
financial leverage
100%debt
NOI Approach
Cost of
Capital
ke
.
ki
ki
0% debt
financial leverage
100%debt
NOI Approach
Cost of
Capital
ke
ke
ki
ki
0% debt
financial leverage
100%debt
NOI Approach
ke
ki
ki
Cost of
Capital
0% debt
financial leverage
100%debt
NOI Approach
ke
ki
ki
Cost of
Capital
0% debt
financial leverage
100%debt
NOI Approach
ke
Cost of
Capital
ke
ko
ki
ki
0% debt
financial leverage
100%debt
NOI Approach
Traditional Approach
There is an optimal capital structure
Increase the total value of the firm through
leverage
Cost of capital is dependent of the capital
structure
Optimal capital structure exists
Traditional Approach
Cost of
Capital
kc
kc
kd
kd
financial leverage
Traditional Approach
Cost of
Capital
ke
ki
financial leverage
Traditional Approach
Cost of
Capital
ke
ki
ki
financial leverage
Traditional Approach
Cost of
Capital
ke
ki
ki
financial leverage
Traditional Approach
Cost of
Capital
ke
ke
ki
ki
financial leverage
Traditional Approach
Cost of
Capital
ke
ke
ki
ki
financial leverage
Traditional Approach
Cost of
Capital
ke
ke
ki
ki
financial leverage
Traditional Approach
Cost of
Capital
ke
ke
ki
ki
financial leverage
Traditional Approach
ke
Cost of
Capital
ke
ko
ki
ki
financial leverage
Traditional Approach
Cost of
Capital
ke
ke
ki
financial leverage
Traditional Approach
Cost of
Capital
ke
ko
ke
ki
ki
financial leverage
Traditional Approach
Cost of
Capital
ke
ko
ke
ki
ki
financial leverage
Irrelevance in a CAPM
Framework
As leverage increases
with debt
400,000
(50,000)
350,000
(119,000)
231,000
0
231,000
with debt
400,000
(50,000)
350,000
(119,000)
231,000
0
231,000
Value of Value if
Pure value
Value lost
firm = Unlevered + of corporate through tax
tax shield
shield
uncertainty
Recapitulation
Tax advantage to borrowing
Moderate amounts of debt
Tax shield uncertainty is not great
Relationship to leverage
Deadweight loss to suppliers of capital
Other Imperfections
Corporate and homemade leverage not being
perfect substitutes
Advantage to corporation borrowing
Arbitrage process
Institutional restrictions
Adverse effects on market value
Equity holders
Debt holders
Management
Other stakeholders
Protective Covenants
Restrict the stockholders ability
To increase the assets riskiness
To increase leverage
MM argument
Me-first rules
Organizational Incentives to
Manage Efficiently
Leveraged companies
May be lean because management cuts the fat
Running scared
Asymmetric Information
Signaling effect
Assumes there is information asymmetry