Which of the following statements regarding a firm's optimal capital structure is true? the optimal capital structure maximizes the firm's cost of debt. the optimal capital structure maximizes the firm's earnings per share (eps). the optimal capital structure maximizes the firm's cost of equity. the optimal capital structure maximizes the firm's stock price. understanding the impact of debt in the capital structure suppose you are conducting a workshop on capital structure decisions and you want to highlight certain key issues related to capital structure. your assistant has made a list of points for your session, but he thinks he might have made some mistakes. review the list and identify which items are correct. check all that apply. workshop talking points an increase in the risk of bankruptcy is likely to reduce the firm's free cash flows in the future. an increase in debt financing beyond a certain point is likely to increase the cost of equity. the pretax cost of debt increases as the firm's risk of bankruptcy increases. risks of bankruptcy increase management spending on perquisites and increase agency costs. an increase in debt financing decreases the risk of bankruptcy.

Which p shifts to consumer in the four cs of the alternate marketing mix? a) promotion b) product c) place d) price

Arriving and delivering a load of company executives for a business meeting at a destination far from home base requiring an overnight stay, a company’s pilot requested approval from the company finance office to pay to either have the company’s jet brought into the fbo's hangar overnight to protect it from a forecast snowfall or to have it de-iced by the fbo the following morning well-before scheduled departure. the company was under considerable financial pressure at the time, and the pilot’s requests were denied because of the cost. so, early the following morning, the pilot was up on the wing of the jet sweeping off an accumulation of snow and ice with a borrowed push broom in preparation for the scheduled departure with the executives, but slipped and fell to the ground, suffering a broken neck. the business was organized as a limited partnership, owned by 3 limited partners and one general partner. as a cost-saving measure, the company had dropped its workers’ compensation insurance before the accident. analyze the potential liability for the pilot’s injuries of each of the following, showing your reasoning clearly: the company the general partner the limited partners analyze how the outcome would have been different, if the business had been organized as a corporation and observed all of the formalities to legitimize its corporate status. analyze how the outcome would have been different, if the pilot had been covered by workers’ compensation insurance.

Consider an economy where government expenditures are 10 and total tax revenues are 10. the supply of labor is fixed at 125 and the supply of capital is fixed at 8. the economy is described by the following equations. y k to the power of 1 divided by 3 end exponent l to the power of 2 divided by 3 end exponent c 2.5 + 0.75 ( y - t ) i 10 - 0.5 r the level of private savings is