Droz's Hiking Gear, Inc. has found that its common equity capital shares have a beta equal to 2.5 while the risk-free return is 9 percent and the expected return on the market is 14 percent. It has 7-year semiannual maturity bonds outstanding with a price of $787.22 that have a coupon rate of 8 percent. The firm is financed with $120,000,000 of common shares (market value) and $80,000,000 of debt. What is the after-tax weighted average cost of capital for Droz's, if it is subject to a 30 percent marginal tax rate

8. agreement and disagreement among economists suppose that bob, an economist from a university in arizona, and cho, an economist from a public television program, are arguing over saving incentives. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: cho: i think it's safe to say that, in general, the savings rate of households in today's economy is much lower than it really needs to be to sustain an improvement in living standards. bob: i think a switch from the income tax to a consumption tax would bring growth in living standards. cho: you really think households would change their saving behavior enough in response to this to make a difference? because i don't. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? rent ceilings reduce the quantity and quality of available housing. immigrants receive more in government benefits than they contribute in taxes. having a single income tax rate would improve economic performance.

Cash flows during the first year of operations for the harman-kardon consulting company were as follows: cash collected from customers, $385,000; cash paid for rent, $49,000; cash paid to employees for services rendered during the year, $129,000; cash paid for utilities, $59,000. in addition, you determine that customers owed the company $69,000 at the end of the year and no bad debts were anticipated. also, the company owed the gas and electric company $2,900 at year-end, and the rent payment was for a two-year period.

When partners own different portions of the business, the terms should be stated clearly in what document? the articles of incorporation the executive summary the business summary the partnership agreement