Assume that the risk-free rate is 1% per annum and the equity premium is 3%. Use the certainty equivalence concept to answer the following questions: What should be a reasonable value approximation for this corporate division? What should be the cost of capital for this corporate division?

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Your corporate division had the following net cash flows:

 

 

Assume that the risk-free rate is 1% per annum and the equity premium is 3%. Use the certainty equivalence concept to answer the following questions:

What should be a reasonable value approximation for this corporate division?

What should be the cost of capital for this corporate division?

 

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