In General,it Is Not Possible for R_e,the Cost of New

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In general,it is not possible for r_e,the cost of new equity,to be lower than r_s,the cost of retained earnings.However,an exception to this rule occurs when the stock price increases just prior to the firm issuing new equity such that it more than offsets the flotation costs and thus,r_e becomes less than r_s.