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The opportunity cost of equity capital is the: interest payments incurred in obtaining the funds. return investors must earn to induce them to supply financial capital. Under current tax law, firms can record the opportunity cost of borrowed funds as an expense but cannot do the same for the opportunity cost of equity capital. True or False: The tax structure encourages debt rather than equity financing. True False

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          The opportunity cost of equity capital is the:

	interest payments incurred in obtaining the funds.
	return investors must earn to induce them to supply financial capital.
Under current tax law, firms can record the opportunity cost of borrowed funds as an expense but cannot do the same for the opportunity cost of equity capital.
True or False: The tax structure encourages debt rather than equity financing.

	True
	False

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The opportunity cost of equity capital is the: interest payments incurred in obtaining the funds. return investors must earn to induce them to supply financial capital. Under current tax law, firms can record the opportunity cost of borrowed funds as an expense but cannot do the same for the opportunity cost of equity capital. True or False: The tax structure encourages debt rather than equity financing. True False