The Optimal Capital Budget

question 18

Multiple Choice

The optimal capital budget:

• A) occurs where the marginal cost of capital equals the marginal rate of return of the opportunity set of projects.
• B) is typically larger for purely domestic firms than for MNEs.
• C) is an illusion found only in international finance textbooks.
• D) none of the above

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