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Level 20
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Taxes, Distress & the Trade-off
Taxes, Distress & the Trade-off
"Break MM's assumptions one at a time. Taxes make debt valuable; distress costs make too much debt dangerous. The tension between them sets the optimal capital structure."
the interest tax shield & VL = VU + Tc·Dfinancial distress & bankruptcy coststhe trade-off theorythe pecking order
A short lesson, then a quiz. ❤️×3 — a wrong answer costs a heart; finish with at least one left and the level is yours. Lose all three and you'll have to try again. Replay any time — XP and cleared levels are never lost.