What market risk premium should be used when applying the CAPM to compute the cost of equity

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What market risk premium should be used when applying the CAPM to compute the cost of equity capital for a firm if?
a. The risk-free rate is the 90-day Treasury bill rate?
b. The risk-free rate is the 20-year government bond rate?

Cost Of Equity
The cost of equity is the return a company requires to decide if an investment meets capital return requirements. Firms often use it as a capital budgeting threshold for the required rate of return. A firm's cost of equity represents the...
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Contemporary Financial Management

ISBN: 9780324289114

10th Edition

Authors: James R Mcguigan, R Charles Moyer, William J Kretlow

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