[solutions manual] Corporate Finance 4th Global edition (Berk) - Chapter 1 PDF

Title [solutions manual] Corporate Finance 4th Global edition (Berk) - Chapter 1
Author Jenny C.
Course Corporate Finance
Institution University of Queensland
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Chapter 1Corporate Finance and theFinancial ManagerNote: All problems in this chapter are available in MyFinanceLab. An asterisk (*) indicates problemswith a higher level of difficulty.1. A corporation is a legal entity separate from its owners. This means ownership shares in the corporation can be ...


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1 0 .Sha r e h o l d e r sc a n a .En s u r et h a te mpl o y e e sa r ep a i dwi t hc o mp a n ys t o c ka n d / o rs t oc ko p t i o ns . b .En s u r et h a tu nd e r p e r f o r mi n gma n a g e r sa r efir e d . c .Wr i t ec o n t r a c t st h a t e n s u r et h a t t h ei n t e r e s t so ft h ema n a g e r sa n ds h a r e h o l d e r sa r ec l o s e l y a l i g n e d . d .Mo u nth os t i l et a k e o v e r s . 1 1 .Wh e ny ou rpa r e n t sp a yf ort h eme a l ,y o ub e ne fitf r o mt hef o odbu tdon o tt a k eo nt h ec o s to ft h e f o o d .Th i si ss i mi l a rt ot h ea g e n c yp r o bl e mi nc o r p or a t i on s , wh e nma n a g e r sc a nbe n e fitf r o m t a ki n ga c t i o n si nt he i ro wnp e r s on a li n t e r e s t su s i n gmo ne yt h a tb e l o n g st os h a r e h o l d e r s . 1 2 .Th ea g e n t( r e n t e r )wi l ln o tt a k et h es a mec a r eo ft h ea p a r t me n ta st h ep r i n c i p a l( o wn e r )b e c a u s e t h er e n t e rd o e sn o ts h a r ei nt h ec o s t so ffix i n gd a ma g et ot h ea p a r t me n t . Tomi t i g a t et h i sp r o b l e m, h a vi n gt h er e nt e rpa yad e p os i two ul dmo t i v a t et h er e n t e rt ok e e pd a ma g e st oami n i mu m. The d e p o s i tf o r c e st h er e n t e rt os h a r ei nt h ec o s t so ffix i n ga n yp r o b l e mst h a ta r ec a u s e db yt h er e n t e r . 1 3 .Th e r ei sa ne t h i c a ld i l e mmawh e nt h eCEOo fafir mha so pp o s i t ei n c e nt i v e st ot h o s eo ft h e s h a r e h ol de r s .I nt h i sc a s e ,y ou( a st h eCEO)p o t e n t i a l l yh a v ea ni n c e n t i v et oo v e r p a yf o ra n o t h e r c omp a n y( wh i c hwo u l db ed a ma g i n gt oy ou rs h a r e h o l d e r s )b e c a u s ey o u rp a ya n dpr e s t i g ewi l l i mpr o v e . 1 4 .No —i twi l lno tne c e s s a r i l yma k et hes h a r e h o l d e r sb e t t e roff.Ev e nt h ou g hy o ua r er e d u c i n g c os t s ,wh i c hc ou l di n c r e a s ec a s hflo wsi nt hes h o r t t e r m,y o uwi l ld e a lwi t hmo r ec o s t l y wa r r a nt yi s s ue sa n dwi t hl o s tr e p ut a t i onwi t hy ou rc u s t o me r s ,p o t e n t i a l l yl e a d i n gt h e mt ob u y f r o my ou rc o mpe t i t o r s ,wh i c hwo u l dr e d u c ec a s hflo wsi nt h el o n g r u n. Ma ki n gal e s s e xp e n s i v e ,b utl o we rq ua l i t yp r od uc ti sNOTt h es a mea sma x i mi z i n gt h ev a l u eoft hes h a r e s ( ma ki n gy o u rs h a r e h ol d e r sb e t t e ro ff) . 1 5 .No —i twi l lno tne c e s s a r i l yma k et hes h a r e h o l d e r sb e t t e roff.Ev e nt h ou g hy o ua r er e d u c i n g c os t s ,wh i c hc ou l di n c r e a s ec a s hflo wsi nt hes h o r t t e r m,y o uwi l ld e a lwi t hmo r ec o s t l y wa r r a nt yi s s ue sa n dwi t hl o s tr e p ut a t i onwi t hy ou rc u s t o me r s ,p o t e n t i a l l yl e a d i n gt h e mt ob u y f r o my ou rc o mpe t i t o r s ,wh i c hwo u l dr e d u c ec a s hflo wsi nt h el o n g r u n. Ma ki n gal e s s e xp e n s i v e ,b utl o we rq ua l i t yp r od uc ti sNOTt h es a mea sma x i mi z i n gt h ev a l u eoft hes h a r e s ( ma ki n gy o u rs h a r e h ol d e r sb e t t e ro ff) . 1 6 .Th es h a r e sofapu b l i cc o r p o r a t i ona r et r a d e dona ne x c ha n g e( o r“ o v e rt h ec o un t e r ”i na n e l e c t r o n i ct r a di n gs y s t e m) ,wh i l et h es h a r e so fap r i v a t ec or po r a t i o na r en o tt r a d e donapu b l i c e x c ha n g e . 1 7 Ap r i ma r yma r k e ti swh e r et h ec o mp a n ys e l l ss h a r e so fi t s e l ft oi n v e s t o r s .Thes e c o n da r yma r k e t i swh e r ei n v e s t o r sc a nb u ya n d/ o rs e l lt h ec o mpa n y ’ ss h a r e swi t ho t h e ri n v e s t o r s( b u tn o tt h e c omp a n yi t s e l f ) . 1 8 .Al i mi to r d e rs pe c i fie sap r i c ea twh i c hy oua r ewi l l i n gt ob u yo rs e l l .I twi l lb ee x e c u t e dwh e n t h e r ei sde ma n do rs u pp l ya tt ha tp r i c e .Ama r k e to r d e ri se x e c u t e di mme d i a t e l ya tt h eb e s t o u t s t a n d i n gl i mi to r d e r .Fo re x a mp l e , ama r k e tb u yo r d e rwi l lbei mme d i a t e l ye x e c u t e da g a i n s t t h ebe s tl i mi ta s kp r i c e .

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1 9 .I n v e s t o r sa l wa y sb u ya tt h ea s ka n ds e l la tt h ebi d .Be c a u s ea s kp r i c e sa l wa y se x c e e db i dpr i c e s , i n v e s t o r s“ l o s e ”t h i sdi ffe r e n c e .I ti so n eo ft h ec os t so ft r a ns a c t i n g .Be c a u s et h ema r k e tma k e r s t a k et heo t h e rs i d eo ft h et r a d e ,t h e yma k eu pt h i sd i ffe r e n c e . 2 0 .Us i n gad a r kp oo la l l o wst r a d e r sn o tt or e v e a lt h e i ri n t e nt i o nsb e c a u s el i mi to r d e rb oo ksa r eno t v i s i b l e .I na d d i t i o n, u s i n gad a r kpo o la l l o wst r a de r st opo t e nt i a l l yt r a dea tab e t t e rp r i c e . Ho we v e r ,d a r kp oo l ss a c r i fic et h eg ua r a n t e eofi mme d i a c yb e c a u s ea no r d e rma yno tb efil l e d . 2 1 .Yo uwo u l dn e e dt op a yt h ea s kp r i c et ob u yYa h oo !Th a tpr i c ei s$ 36 . 7 9p e rs h a r e .I fy o us o l d , y ouwou l dr e c e i v et h ebi dp r i c e :$ 3 6 . 78p e rs h a r e . 2 2 .Th efin a n c i a lc y c l ed e s c r i b e sh o wmo n e yflo wsf r o ms a v e r st oc o mp a n i e sa n db a c k . I nt h efin a n c i a l c y c l e ,( 1 )pe op l ei n v e s ta n ds a v et h e i rmo ne y ;( 2 )t h a tmon e y ,t h r o u ghl o a nsa n ds t oc k ,flo wst o c omp a n i e st h a tu s ei tt of un dgr o wt ht h r o u g hn e wp r o d uc t s ,g e n e r a t i n gpr o fit sa n dwa g e s ;a n d ( 3 )t h emo n e yt h e nflo wsb a c kt ot h es a v e r sa n di n v e s t o r s . 2 3 .I n s ur a n c ec o mp a n i e se s s e nt i a l l yp oo lp r e mi u mst o g e t h e rf r o mp ol i c y h o l d e r sa n dpa yt h ec l a i ms o ft h o s ewh oh a v ea na c c i d e n t , fir e ,me di c a lne e d ,o rd i e .Th i spr o c e s ss p r e a d st h efin a nc i a lr i s k o ft h e s ee v e n t so u ta c r o s sal a r g ep o o l o fp o l i c y h o l d e r sa n dt h ei n v e s t o r si nt h ei n s u r a n c ec o mp a n y . S i mi l a r l y , mu t u a lf u n d sa n dp e n s i o nf u n d st a k ey o u rs a v i n g sa n ds p r e a dt h e mo u ta mo n gt h es t o c k s a n db on d so fma n yd i ffe r e n tc o mp a n i e s ,l i mi t i n gy ou rr i s ke x p os ur et oa n yon ec o mp a n y . 2 4 .I n v e s t me ntb a nk i n gr e f e r st ot h eb us i n e s so fa d vi s i n gc omp a n i e si nma j o rfin a n c i a lt r a ns a c t i o ns . Ex a mpl e si n c l u d eb u y i n ga n ds e l l i n gc o mp a n i e sord i v i s i o ns ,a n dr a i s i n gn e wc a p i t a lb yi s s ui n g s t o c ko rb on d s . 2 5 .Mu t u a l , p e n s i o n ,a n dhe d g ef un d sa l lp oo lt o g e t h e rmo ne ya ndi n v e s ti to nb e ha l fo ft h e i n v e s t o r si nt hef un d .Th e yd i ffe ri nt e r mso fwh oi n v e s t si nt h ef un da n dwh a tt h ep r i ma r y o b j e c t i v ei s .Mu t u a la n dp e ns i o nf u n d sa r emo s ts i mi l a re x c e p tt ha tpe n s i o nf un d sa r ei n v e s t i n g r e t i r e me n ts a v i n g si n v e s t e dt h r o u ght h ewo r k pl a c ewi t ht h eo b j e c t i v eofp r o v i d i n gr e t i r e me n t i nc o mef ort h os ee mpl o y e e s .He d g ef u n d sa r eo n l yop e nt oi n v e s t me n t sb ywe a l t h yi n d i v i d u a l s a n de n do wme n t s .Th e yi n v e s ta c r o s sa l la s s e tc a t e g o r i e s , us ua l l ys e e ki n gl o wr i s ki n v e s t me n t s t r a t e g i e st h a twi l lg e n e r a t eh i g hr e t ur ns .

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