PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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Author: BREALEY
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Chapter 9, Problem 3PS
Company cost of capital Quark Productions (“Give your loved one a quark today.”) uses its company cost of capital to evaluate all projects. Will it underestimate or overestimate the value of high-risk projects?
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The cost of capital is:
the required rate of return for new projects that have risk that is similar to that of the overall firm.
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PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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