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question 66

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Consider two firms,Chihuahua Corporation and Bernard Industries that are each expected to pay the same $1.5 million dividend every year in perpetuity.Chihuahua Corporation is riskier and has an equity cost of capital of 15%.Bernard Industries is not as shaky as Chihuahua,so Bernard has an equity cost of capital of only 10%.Assume that the market portfolio is not efficient.Both stocks have the same beta and an expected return of 12%.
-The alpha for Bernard is closest to:

• A)+5%.
• B)-2%.
• C)-3%.
• D)+2%.

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Definitions:

Diseconomies of Scale

An economic concept where increasing production results in higher per unit costs.

Long-run Average Total Cost

The average cost per unit of output over the long term, where all inputs are considered variable, allowing firms to adjust all factors of production.

Plant Sizes

The physical capacity or scale of a manufacturing facility, which can influence production volume, efficiency, and cost.

Per-unit Cost

The cost associated with producing or acquiring one unit of a product.