The firm initiates a price decrease, their projection on the competitors' reaction is they will also decrease their price to level with them. Starting a price decrease will affect the whole market of like products. Also, another angle that they considered is they will be reprimanded by their regulatory board.
The company's external equity comes from those funds raised from public issuance of shares or rights. The cost of external equity is the minimum rate of return which the shareholders supply new funds <span>by </span>purchasing<span> new shares to prevent the decline of the market value of the shares. To compute the cost of external equity, we should use this formula:</span>
Ke<span> = (DIV 1 / Po) + g</span>
Ke<span> = cost of external equity</span>
DIV 1 = dividend to be paid next year
Po = market price of share
g = growth rate
In the problem, the estimated dividend to be paid next year is $1.50. The market price is $18.50 and the growth rate is 4%.
<span>Substituting the given to the formulas, we need to divide $1.50 by $18.50 giving us the result of 8.11% plus the growth rate; this would yield to the result of 12.11% cost of external equity.</span>
The government budget deficit does not influence the real interest rate. The real interest rate is 9 percent a year.
<h3>What do mean by
government budget?</h3>
A government budget is a document created by the government and/or another political institution that details proposed spending and tax revenue estimates for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget is typically presented to the legislature in parliamentary systems, and it frequently needs their approval.
A government budget is a document that details the anticipated income and expenditures for a given fiscal year for a given governing body. Government spending plans frequently need legislative approval and are vulnerable to political pressure from interest groups vying for funding.
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