(Solution) - Gaucho Services starts life with all equity financing and a cost -(2025 Original AI-Free Solution)
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Gaucho Services starts life with all-equity financing and a cost of equity of 14%. Suppose
it refinances to the following market-value capital structure:
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Use MM?s proposition 2 to calculate the new cost of equity. Gaucho pays taxes at a marginal rate of Tc = 40%. Calculate Gaucho?s after-tax weighted-average cost ofcapital.