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Master the complex world of high-level finance with this definitive Solutions Manual for the 14th Edition of Principles of Corporate Finance by Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Franklin Allen, and Alex Edmans (ISBN 9781265074159). This essential academic resource provides comprehensive, step-by-step solutions for every end-of-chapter problem, ensuring you master the mathematical and theoretical foundations of modern finance. It provides exhaustive coverage for Chapter 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance, Chapter 2: How to Calculate Present Values, Chapter 3: Valuing Bonds, Chapter 4: Valuing Stocks, Chapter 5: Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria, Chapter 6: Making Investment Decisions with the Net Present Value Rule, Chapter 7: Introduction to Risk, Diversification, and Portfolio Selection, Chapter 8: The Capital Asset Pricing Model, Chapter 9: Risk and the Cost of Capital, Chapter 10: Project Analysis, Chapter 11: How to Ensure That Projects Truly Have Positive NPVs, Chapter 12: Efficient Markets and Behavioral Finance, Chapter 13: An Overview of Corporate Financing, Chapter 14: How Corporations Issue Securities, Chapter 15: Payout Policy, Chapter 16: Does Debt Policy Matter?, Chapter 17: How Much Should a Corporation Borrow?, Chapter 18: Financing and Valuation, Chapter 19: Agency Problems and Corporate Governance, Chapter 20: Stakeholder Capitalism and Responsible Business, Chapter 21: Understanding Options, Chapter 22: Valuing Options, Chapter 23: Real Options, Chapter 24: Credit Risk and the Value of Corporate Debt, Chapter 25: The Many Different Kinds of Debt, Chapter 26: Leasing, Chapter 27: Managing Risk, Chapter 28: International Financial Management, Chapter 29: Financial Analysis, Chapter 30: Financial Planning, Chapter 31: Working Capital Management, Chapter 32: Mergers, Chapter 33: Corporate Restructuring, and Chapter 34: Conclusion: What We Do and Do Not Know about Finance.

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SOLUTIONS MANUAL

Principles of Corporate Finance
Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers, and Franklin Allen
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Principles of Corporate Finance (14th Edition)
Authors: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Franklin Allen, and Alex Edmans
ISBN: 9781265074159
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance
Chapter 2: How to Calculate Present Values
Chapter 3: Valuing Bonds
Chapter 4: Valuing Stocks
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Chapter 5: Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria
Chapter 6: Making Investment Decisions with the Net Present Value Rule
Chapter 7: Introduction to Risk, Diversification, and Portfolio Selection
Chapter 8: The Capital Asset Pricing Model
Chapter 9: Risk and the Cost of Capital
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Chapter 10: Project Analysis
Chapter 11: How to Ensure That Projects Truly Have Positive NPVs
Chapter 12: Efficient Markets and Behavioral Finance
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Chapter 13: An Overview of Corporate Financing
Chapter 14: How Corporations Issue Securities
Chapter 15: Payout Policy
Chapter 16: Does Debt Policy Matter?
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Chapter 17: How Much Should a Corporation Borrow?
Chapter 18: Financing and Valuation
Chapter 19: Agency Problems and Corporate Governance
Chapter 20: Stakeholder Capitalism and Responsible Business
Chapter 21: Understanding Options
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Chapter 22: Valuing Options
Chapter 23: Real Options
Chapter 24: Credit Risk and the Value of Corporate Debt
Chapter 25: The Many Different Kinds of Debt
Chapter 26: Leasing
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Chapter 27: Managing Risk
Chapter 28: International Financial Management
Chapter 29: Financial Analysis
Chapter 30: Financial Planning
Chapter 31: Working Capital Management
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Chapter 32: Mergers
Chapter 33: Corporate Restructuring
Chapter 34: Conclusion: What We Do and Do Not Know about Finance
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CHAPTER 1
Introduction to Corporate Finance


The values shown in the solutions may be rounded for display purposes. However, the answers were
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Answers to Problem Sets
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1. a. real

b. executive airplanes

c. brand names

d. financial
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e. bonds

*f. investment or capital expenditure
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*g. capital budgeting or investment

h. financing
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*Note that f and g are interchangeable in the question.
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2. A trademark, a factory, undeveloped land, and your work force (c, d, e, and g) are all real assets.
Real assets are identifiable as items with intrinsic value. The others in the list are financial assets,
that is, these assets derive value because of a contractual claim.
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3. a. Financial assets, such as stocks or bank loans, are claims held by investors.
Corporations sell financial assets to raise the cash to invest in real assets such as plant
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and equipment. Some real assets are intangible.

b. Capital expenditure means investment in real assets. Financing means raising the cash
for this investment.
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c. The shares of public corporations are traded on stock exchanges and can be purchased
by a wide range of investors. The shares of closely held corporations are not publicly
traded and are held by a small group of private investors.

d. Unlimited liability: Investors are responsible for all the firm‘s debts. A sole proprietor has
unlimited liability. Investors in corporations have limited liability. They can lose their
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investment, but no more.
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4. Items c and d apply to corporations. Because corporations have perpetual life, ownership can be
transferred without affecting operations, and managers can be fired with no effect on ownership.
Other forms of business may have unlimited liability and limited life.
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5. Separation of ownership facilitates the key attributes of a corporation, including limited liability for
investors, transferability of ownership, a separate legal personality of the corporation, and
delegated centralized management. These four attributes provide substantial benefit for
investors, including the ability to diversify their investment among many uncorrelated returns—a
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very valuable tool explored in later chapters. Also, these attributes allow investors to quickly exit,
enter, or short sell an investment, thereby generating an active liquid market for corporations.

However, these positive aspects also introduce substantial negative externalities as well. The
separation of ownership from management typically leads to agency problems, where managers
prefer to consume private perks or make other decisions for their private benefit—rather than
maximize shareholder wealth. Shareholders tend to exercise less oversight of each individual
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investment as their diversification increases. Finally, the corporation‘s separate legal personality
makes it difficult to enforce accountability if they externalize costs onto society.
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6. Shareholders will only vote to maximize shareholder wealth. Shareholders can modify their
pattern of consumption through borrowing and lending, match risk preferences, and hopefully
balance their own checkbooks (or hire a qualified professional to help them with these tasks).
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7. If the investment increases the firm‘s wealth, it increases the firm‘s share value. Ms. Espinoza
could then sell some or all these more valuable shares to provide for her retirement income.
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8. a. Assuming that the encabulator market is risky, an 8% expected return on
the F&H encabulator investments may be inferior to a 4% return on U.S.
government securities, depending on the relative risk between the two assets.
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b. Unless the financial assets are as safe as U.S. government securities, their cost of capital
would be higher. The CFO could consider expected returns on assets with similar risk.
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9. Managers would act in shareholders‘ interests because they have a legal duty to act in their
interests. Managers may also receive compensation— bonuses, stock, and option payouts with
value tied (roughly) to firm performance. Managers may fear personal reputational damage from
not acting in shareholders‘ interests. And managers can be fired by the board of directors (elected
by shareholders). If managers still fail to act in shareholders‘ interests, shareholders may sell
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their shares, lowering the stock price and potentially creating the possibility of a takeover, which
can again lead to changes in the board of directors and senior management.
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