hard · Financial Accounting
Using the Five-Step DuPont model, if a firm increases its interest-bearing debt while holding EBIT and Assets constant, what is the most likely effect on ROE?
- ROE decreases because the tax burden increases
- ROE always decreases because interest burden falls
- ROE increases if the return on assets exceeds the cost of debt
- ROE remains unchanged because EBIT is constant
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