Question 1

What are the key differences between leasing and buying?

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Question 2

What are some of the bad reasons for leasing? Brieﬂy explain each.

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Question 3

The textbook mentioned that managerial compensation sometimes creates an incentive to lease
and that may create an agency problem. Explain this situation and how the agency problem might
be addressed.

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Question 4

The chapter describes the "leasing paradox". What is this paradox? Would you call leasing a "zero-
sum game"? Under what conditions can leasing be ﬁnancially advantageous for both the lessor and
the lessee?

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Question 5

When calculating net present value earlier in the text, the appropriate cost of capital for a project
was determined by the use of the funds, not the source. However, in leasing, we calculate the net
advantage to leasing by discounting the cash ﬂows at the lessee's after-tax borrowing rate. Aren't
we violating our basic NPV principles here? Explain.

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Question 6

Five good reasons for leasing are listed in the text. List and brieﬂy explain them.

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Question 7

Provide four primary beneﬁts to leasing.(Should be a

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Question 8

From a ﬁnancial statement perspective, explain how a ﬁnancial lease differs from an operating
lease for a lessee.

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Question 9

Jeff owns a new company that is considering either leasing or buying a $100,000 piece of
equipment. The lease-buy analysis indicates that buying is better than leasing in Jeff's situation.
What factors other than those considered in the lease-buy analysis might lead Jeff to lease rather
than buy, in contradiction to the analysis results?

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Quiz 22: Behavioral Finance: Implications for Financial Management

What are the key differences between leasing and buying?

What are some of the bad reasons for leasing? Brieﬂy explain each.

The textbook mentioned that managerial compensation sometimes creates an incentive to lease and that may create an agency problem. Explain this situation and how the agency problem might be addressed.

The chapter describes the "leasing paradox". What is this paradox? Would you call leasing a "zero- sum game"? Under what conditions can leasing be ﬁnancially advantageous for both the lessor and the lessee?

Five good reasons for leasing are listed in the text. List and brieﬂy explain them.

Provide four primary beneﬁts to leasing.(Should be a

From a ﬁnancial statement perspective, explain how a ﬁnancial lease differs from an operating lease for a lessee.