
EBK FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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Author: Harford
Publisher: PEARSON CUSTOM PUB.(CONSIGNMENT)
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Chapter 13, Problem 2P
Summary Introduction
Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC):
The Weighted Average Cost of Capital is the rate that a firm is expected to pay on average to all of its shareholders to finance its assets. WACC is the firm’s cost of capital and is dictated by the external market of the firm.
It represents the minimum return that a firm ought to earn on an existing asset base in order to satisfy its creditors, owners, and other providers of capital, or else they would invested somewhere else.
To determine:
The weights of debt and equity, A. Inc. must use in its WACC.
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