Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves
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Chapter 16, Problem 3P
Premium for Financial Risk
Ethier Enterprise has an unlevered beta of 1.0. Ethier is Financed with 50% debt and has a levered beta of 1.6. If the risk-free rate is 5.5% and the market risk premium is 6%, how much is the additional premium that Ethier’s shareholders require to be compensated for financial risk?
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