FIN 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 99: Sunk Costs, Primary Market, Dont

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Goal of the firm, agency problems and costs. Goal of the firm, in the long-term, is to maximize shareholder value (cid:894)(cid:272)u(cid:396)(cid:396)e(cid:374)t sto(cid:272)k p(cid:396)i(cid:272)e(cid:895); (cid:374)ot (cid:373)a(cid:454)i(cid:373)ize p(cid:396)ofits, (cid:373)a(cid:396)ket sha(cid:396)e, et(cid:272) the goal is to maximize shareholder value (current share price) (cid:373)a(cid:374)age(cid:396)s a(cid:396)e age(cid:374)ts of the fi(cid:396)(cid:373), a(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g o(cid:374) the sha(cid:396)eholde(cid:396)s" behalf. Agency problem = conflict between managers and shareholders. E. g. , if manager compensation is based on # of stores opened, then this is an agency problem since managers will just open as many stores as possible even though it might hurt the stock price. Agency cost: 1) expenses that benefit managers but not shareholders (perks, corporate jet, etc. ); 2) expenses that arise to monitor managers (e. g. , paying outside auditors to assess the accuracy. Uses and sources of cash: increase in assets and decrease in liabilities and equity are uses of cash; decrease in assets and increase in liabilities and equity are sources of cash.

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