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5. If a company increases its total value by creating an interest tax shield, who benefits--equity holders or bondholders? Why? (5 pts.)

The equity holders benefit. The tax shield means that ATCF's will be higher. Since the equity holders are residual claimants, they care about the ATCF's. The bondholders are no better or worse off because their payment is fixed.

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