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An owner-manager has some assets that are expected to generate a liquidation value in one year of $250 with a 60% probability and $175 if things go badly with probability of 40%. The payoffs assume the assets are properly maintained. The firm has debt claims that require it to pay debt holders $198 in one year. There is only one debt holder (a bank). Assume investors are risk neutral and everybody expects a 10% return on a one-year investment regardless of risk level.
The firm has $10 of cash on hand. To maintain the assets, the entire $10 must be spent. If it is not spent on maintenance, the value of the assets will drop to $235 in the good state and $160 in the bad state. It turns out that the debt contract does not exclude dividend payments in any circumstance.
The firm can do one of two things:
Pay a $10 dividend and do nothing on maintenance or Pay no dividend and spend the money on maintenance
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If the firm had a covenant that restricted dividends at elevated debt to equity levels, would the firm invest in maintenance of firm assets? Why?
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