Accounting for taxes within the Modigliani-Miller framework
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In this section, the speaker addresses the influence of the tax considerations in the capital structure decision. He explains the computation of the tax shield, done by comparing the value of the firm with the unlevered equivalent. Then , he presents the effect of amending the Modigliani-Miller framework in order to take into account the impact of taxes.
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