Essentials of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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ISBN: 9781259277214
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
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Chapter 12, Problem 17QP
SML and WACC. An all-equity firm is considering the following projects:
| Project | Beta | |
| W | .80 | 9-3% |
| X | .90 | 10.6 |
| Y | 1.10 | 11.4 |
| Z | 1.35 | 14.1 |
The T-bill rate is 4 percent, and the expected return on the market is 11 percent.
a. Which projects have a higher expected return than the firm’s 11 percent cost of capital?
b. Which projects should be accepted?
c. Which projects will be incorrectly accepted or rejected if the firm’s overall cost of capital were used as a hurdle rate?
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Essentials of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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