The Greater the Uncertainty About an Asset's Future Benefits

question 48

Multiple Choice

The greater the uncertainty about an asset's future benefits,

• A) the lower the discount rate investors will apply when discounting those benefits to the present.
• B) the higher the discount rate investors will apply when discounting those benefits to the present.
• C) the greater is the present value of those benefits.
• D) none of the above.

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