An all-equity firm has a beta of 1.03. The firm is evaluating a project that will...
An all-equity firm has a beta of 1.03. The firm is evaluating a project that will increase the output of the firm's existing products. The market risk premium is 6.9 percent, and the risk-free rate is 3.4 percent. What discount rate should be assigned to this expansion project?
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Discount rate=risk free rate+beta*market risk premium
=3.4+(1.03*6.9)
which is equal to
=10.507%
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