a company can incur costs of financial distress without ever going bankrupt. explain how this can happen.
a company can incur costs of financial distress without ever going bankrupt. explain how this can...
explain how conflicts of interest between bondholders and stockholders can lead to costs of financial distress.
In financial capital markets without any frictions (e.g., taxes, financial distress costs, information asymmetry, transaction costs, security mispricing, etc.), which one of the followings is most likely to affect the equity value of a firm? Group of answer choices A. conducting a strategic reorientation in the product market B. changing the dividend policy of the firm C. changing the term structure of debt of the firm D. using derivatives to hedge the firm’s short-term currency exchange risks
1. Explain how an effective (binding) price ceiling can incur costs and benefits for an economy 2. How might the market imbalances caused by an anti-price gouging law be dealt with 3.What are the costs and benefits of a minimum wage? 4.true or false If a price floor is effective, all suppliers benefit from equilibrium prices below the free market prices.
Your best friend just lost his job because the company he was working for went bankrupt. He was complaining to you that even though the company had been profitable for three years in a row, it still went out of business. He asks you how this can happen. Explain the most likely reason for the company declaring bankruptcy. Could your best friend have seen it coming? How?
(TCO A) Social engineering can be damaging to a corporation without an overt attack ever happening. Explain why.
You are the Controller of a publicly owned company. The company is in financial distress and is looking for ways to cut costs. The CEO approaches you and asks you to lengthen the life used for calculating depreciation of certain specialized equipment from 10 to 15 years. This will substantially reduce depreciation expense. This change would only affect financial depreciation and would have no impact on income taxes paid. Will the company achieve a cost savings if they implement this...
Ignore financial distress costs. When [(1 − TC) × (1 − TS) = (1 − TB)], then firms: a. should be all-equity financed. b. discover that both dividends and interest payments are non-deductible business expenses. c. tend to be indifferent between issuing debt or issuing equity. d. need to maintain a debt-equity ratio of .5. e. can reduce their taxes by increasing their dividend payouts.
In financial distress, firms may make sub-optimal investment decisions. Explain the rationale behind this statement. What are the direct and indirect costs of bankruptcy? Give examples of firms with high and low bankruptcy costs and explain. “Stockholders need not be concerned with bankruptcy costs since they will be borne by bondholders.” Comment. (Assume that the firm declares bankruptcy when the value of assets is less than the value of obligations to bondholders. Thus, in bankruptcy, equity has zero value.) “Stock prices fall when...
Nancy Corporation is suffering from financial distress as it can
be seen from its balance sheet:
Two scenarios are possible for Nancy in Year 3: In scenario 1,
Year 3 for Nancy is expected to result in an additional $150,000
operating loss. In scenario 2, Year 3 is expected to be a
“breakout” year for Nancy when higher sales and lower costs owing
to economies of scale are forecasted to produce operating profits
of $250,000 in Year 3. Total assets...
“In a world without information and transaction costs, financial intermediaries would not exist.” Is this statement true, false, or uncertain? Explain your answer.