levered shares vs borrowing

Michael McKenney ( mmckenne@ins.state.pa.us )
Mon, 03 Aug 1998 15:06:27 -0400

Allow me to comment on my own question.....

Although poorly worded, I believe the point Brealey and Myers was trying to
get across is that if there was an insufficient supply of levered shares,
then a person may pay a small premium for the firm's levered shares instead
of borrowing. My opinion is that this amount of premium would be
equivalent to the amount of interest the individual would have to pay (on
the borrowed amount of money needed to purchase shares of an unlevered
company with the same firm value) in excess of the interest payment that
would give the same return as the levered shares.