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Chapter 12.7, Problem 2CC
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To discuss: The reasons for continually using CAPM in corporate finance when it is not a perfect measure.

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Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is an equation derived from the security market line that attempts to explain the relationship between the risky asset’s expected return and its beta coefficient.

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