A Firm Is Considering a New Project Whose Risk Is

question 48

Multiple Choice

A firm is considering a new project whose risk is greater than the risk of the firm's average project,based on all methods for assessing risk.In evaluating this project,it would be reasonable for management to do which of the following?

• A) Increase the estimated IRR of the project to reflect its greater risk.
• B) Increase the estimated NPV of the project to reflect its greater risk.
• C) Reject the project,since its acceptance would increase the firm's risk.
• D) Ignore the risk differential if the project would amount to only a small fraction of the firm's total assets.
• E) Increase the cost of capital used to evaluate the project to reflect its higher-than-average risk.

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Definitions:

Pure Monopolist

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Herfindahl Index

A measure of market concentration to assess the competitive landscape, calculated by summing the squares of the market shares of all firms in the industry.

Concentration Ratio

A measure used to assess the degree of market concentration, quantifying the market share held by the largest firms within an industry.

Equal Percentage

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