The Gecko Company and the Gordon Company are twofirms whose business risk is the same but that havedifferent dividend policies. Gecko pays no dividend,whereas Gordon has an expected dividend yield of 8percent. Suppose the capital gains tax rate is zero,whereas the income tax rate is 30 percent. Gecko hasan expected earnings growth rate of 17 percentannually, and its stock price is expected to grow at thissame rate. If the aftertax expected returns on the twostocks are equal (because they are in the same risk class), what is the pretax required return on Gordon's stock?

To find the pretax required return on Gordon's stock, we need to account for the fact that investors…

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