Firms Have No Way to Directly Estimate the Discount Rate

question 30

Multiple Choice

Firms have no way to directly estimate the discount rate that reflects the risk of

• A) a publicly traded security.
• B) its debt securities.
• C) the incremental cash flows from a particular project.
• D) none of the above.

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