Problem 6: Miscellaneous topics including debt prospectuses,…
Problem 6: Miscellaneous topics including debt prospectuses, IPO activity and underpricing, risk-return relation, capital budgeting, and capital structure (22 points) d) Charline, a colleague of yours, must evaluate several mutually exclusive investment projects that require different amounts of initial investment. Charline computes the internal rate of return (IRR) of all projects and then recommends the project with the highest IRR to be implemented. More specifically, she argues that, by picking the project with the highest IRR, the firm’s value will be maximized. There are two subquestions about this setting: (4 points in total) Do you agree with her assessment? Explain your answer. (2 points) Independent of your answer to the first subquestion, what would be necessary conditions for being able to use the IRR to maximize firm value when selecting between mutually exclusive investment projects? Explain your answer. (2 points)