According to Miller and Modigliani, in a world without taxes or the possibility of bankruptcy, the value of a firm with debt is.:

the same as the value of a firm without debt.

basic premise is:

V levered = V unlevered

Explanation:

The Miller and Modigliani theory was developed for a tax free world. Its application on normal everyday life and reality is limited. Markets are not efficient and decisions are not always rational. It is a very good model form a theoretical point of view, but theory is not the same as reality.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.