(a) An all equity firm has the following expectations about earnings this year. State Recession Normal Expansion Earnings (£m) 1.5 2 2.5 Assume that each state of the economy has an equal probability of occurring this year and that the firm pays no taxes. The firm has 5 million shares outstanding (i) Calculate the earnings per share (EPS), in each state of the economy, and calculate the expected earnings this year. (ii) Calculate the variance and the standard deviation of this firm's EPS (b) Now assume that the firm has issued £5 million worth of debt, and used the proceeds from the debt issue to repurchase half of its shares. Assume that the return on debt is 10%. (i) Calculate the earnings per share (EPS), in each state of the economy, and calculate the expected earnings this year after the repurchase.  (ii) Calculate the variance and the standard deviation of this firms EPS (c) Compare your results for parts (a)(ii) and (b)(ii) above and explain if, and how, they differ and explain why this is the case.

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(a) An all equity firm has the following expectations about earnings this year.

State

Recession

Normal

Expansion

Earnings (£m)

1.5

2

2.5

Assume that each state of the economy has an equal probability of occurring this year and that the firm pays no taxes.

The firm has 5 million shares outstanding

(i) Calculate the earnings per share (EPS), in each state of the economy, and calculate the expected earnings this year.

(ii) Calculate the variance and the standard deviation of this firm's EPS

(b) Now assume that the firm has issued £5 million worth of debt, and used the proceeds from the debt issue to repurchase half of its shares. Assume that the return on debt is 10%.

(i) Calculate the earnings per share (EPS), in each state of the economy, and calculate the expected earnings this year after the repurchase.

 (ii) Calculate the variance and the standard deviation of this firms EPS

(c) Compare your results for parts (a)(ii) and (b)(ii) above and explain if, and how, they differ and explain why this is the case.

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