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2004 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Debt Capacity

Author : Robert Cooper

Published in: Corporate Treasury and Cash Management

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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One of the questions that a corporate treasurer is often asked is: ‘How much debt can we raise?’ This question is usually posed when the company is planning either a major expansionary capital expenditure programme or a significant acquisition. The result of either of these activities may be to push debt levels up to or beyond those levels that have hitherto been considered normal, or that the company has been used to operating with.

Metadata
Title
Debt Capacity
Author
Robert Cooper
Copyright Year
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403946010_3