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Tantasqua Paper Products Is Composed of 3 Divisions: Industrial Paper

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Tantasqua Paper Products is composed of 3 divisions: industrial paper products, commercial paper products, and a forestry division which grows trees for wood pulp used in the paper-making process. Each of these divisions takes on a large number of projects with differing risk characteristics. Tantasqua now uses a single discount rate based on the company's WACC to evaluate all capital budgeting proposals. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this approach.


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