SMG FE 323 Chapter Notes - Chapter Ch. 13: Capital Budgeting, Net Present Value, Capital Asset Pricing Model
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Equity) (equity cost of capital) + fraction of. Firm value financed by debt) (debt cost of. 2: cost of equity = risk-free rate + equity beta * Market risk premium: constant dividend growth model, cost of equity = dividend (in one year)/ current price. Assume that any other factors are not significant at the level of debt chosen: assumptions in practice these assumptions are reasonable for many projects and firms. Likely to fit typical projects of firms with investment concentrated in a single industry. Market risk depends on sensitivity of industry to economy. Reflects the fact that firms tend to increase their levels of debt as they grow larger; some may even have an explicit target for their debt- equity ratio. For firms without very high levels of debt, the interest tac deduction is likely to be the most important factor affecting the capital budgeting decision: wacc method application: extending the life of a dupont.