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Similar to the example in class when I discussed "Is it bankruptcy or bankruptcy costs," the following table shows asset, debt, and equity time 1 cash flows (first two columns of numbers), expected time 1 cash flows (third column of numbers), and present values (last column of numbers) for a firm. The amount of money loaned to the firm is $60 and it has a 50% chance of bankruptcy (i.e., in the bad state), but bankruptcy costs = $0. Bad state (50%) Good state (50%) Expected PV Assets $50 $170 $110 $110/1.1 = $100 Debt $50 $76 $63 $63/1.05 = $60 Equity $0 $94 $47 $47 / 1.175 = $40 Now assume that bankruptcy costs = $6. (Of course, you will only have to pay the bankruptcy costs in the "bad state.") Including bankruptcy costs in the analysis, what promised interested rate will you need to pay the lender so that the lender still makes an expected return of 5% on the $60 loan to the firm? Enter your answer as a percent to two decimal places (e.g., 0.1250 = 12.50%). If the answer is negative, enter with the minus sign (e.g., enter as - 12.50%). Full credit: within 0.02% of the correct answer (e.g, 12.48%- 12.52%). Partial credit: within 0.10% of the correct answer (e.g, 12.40% - 12.60%). Similar to the example in class when I discussed "Is it bankruptcy or bankruptcy costs," the following table shows asset, debt, and equity time 1 cash flows (first two columns of numbers), expected time 1 cash flows (third column of numbers), and present values (last column of numbers) for a firm. The amount of money loaned to the firm is $60 and it has a 50% chance of bankruptcy (i.e., in the bad state), but bankruptcy costs = $0. Bad state (50%) Good state (50%) Expected PV Assets $50 $170 $110 $110/1.1 = $100 Debt $50 $76 $63 $63/1.05 = $60 Equity $0 $94 $47 $47 / 1.175 = $40 Now assume that bankruptcy costs = $6. (Of course, you will only have to pay the bankruptcy costs in the "bad state.") Including bankruptcy costs in the analysis, what promised interested rate will you need to pay the lender so that the lender still makes an expected return of 5% on the $60 loan to the firm? Enter your answer as a percent to two decimal places (e.g., 0.1250 = 12.50%). If the answer is negative, enter with the minus sign (e.g., enter as - 12.50%). Full credit: within 0.02% of the correct answer (e.g, 12.48%- 12.52%). Partial credit: within 0.10% of the correct answer (e.g, 12.40% - 12.60%)

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