Jacque Ewing Drilling, Inc

question 79

Multiple Choice

Jacque Ewing Drilling, Inc. has a beta of 1.3 and is trying to calculate its cost of equity capital. If the risk-free rate of return is 8 percent and the expected return on the market is 12 percent, then what is the firm's after-tax cost of equity capital if the firm's marginal tax rate is 40 percent?

• A) 7.92%
• B) 13.20%
• C) 15.57%
• D) 23.60%

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