Contemporary Engineering Economics (6th Edition)
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Chapter 15, Problem 10P
The Delta Chemical Corporation is expected to have the capital structure for the foreseeable future as given in Table P15.10.
The flotation costs are already included in each cost component. The marginal income tax rate (tm) for Delta is expected to remain at 40% in the future.
- (a) Determine the cost of capital (k).
- (b) If the risk-free rate is known to be 6% and the average return on the S&P 500 is about 12%, determine the
cost of equity with β = 1.2 based on the capital-asset pricing principle. - (c) Determine the cost of capital on the basis of the cost of equity obtained in part (b).
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