Price-earnings valuation multiples make the following strong assumptions:   a. Earnings are persistent, not transitory.     b. Current period earnings will be constant in the future.     c. The cost of equity capital will remain constant in the future.     d. All of these answer choices are correct.   A firm's price-earnings ratio will   a. increase sharply when a firm recognizes a temporary decrease in earnings per share.     b. decrease sharply when a firm recognizes a temporary increase in earnings per share.     c. Either an increase or a decrease can happen.     d. Neither an increase nor a decrease can happen.

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Price-earnings valuation multiples make the following strong assumptions:
  a. Earnings are persistent, not transitory.  
  b. Current period earnings will be constant in the future.  
  c. The cost of equity capital will remain constant in the future.  
  d. All of these answer choices are correct.  
A firm's price-earnings ratio will
  a. increase sharply when a firm recognizes a temporary decrease in earnings per share.  
  b. decrease sharply when a firm recognizes a temporary increase in earnings per share.  
  c. Either an increase or a decrease can happen.  
  d. Neither an increase nor a decrease can happen.  
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