Article: The equivalent loan principle and the value of corporate promised cash flows

The equivalent loan principle asserts that the market value of before-tax corporate promised cash flows is the present value of the after-tax cash flows at the after-tax corporate borrowing rate, the financing provided by the equivalent loan for the after-tax promised cash flows. This article validates the equivalent loan principle in two examples: 1) for the promised cash flows ofa coupon bond and 2) for the promised cash flows ofa fully amortized loan. In doing so, one needs to account for the effective-- interest tax shields in calculating after-tax cash flows. The equivalent loan principle is then used to help resolve the different valuations of interest tax shields and of depreciation ...

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