Answer:
The value of its common stock is $29.41
Explanation:
As the Dividend payment is for indefinite period of time, This is the perpetuity payment. The value of share can be determined by calculating the present value of perpetuity payment.
The formula for the present value of perpetuity is as follow
Present value of perpetuity = Cash flow / Required Rate of return
In this case the present value of perpetuity is the value of stock cash flows is The dividend payment.
Value of Stock = Dividend / Required Rate of return
Value of Stock = $2.5 / 8.5%
Value of Stock = $29.41
Answer: A. equal to marginal cost where it intersects the demand curve
Explanation:
In a pure competition, the market is efficient because it balances demand and supply and gives an equilibrium price that takes both of them into account.
In this market, the price is equal to the marginal revenue of a firm and the profit maximizing level of production is where the marginal revenue intersects the marginal cost.
The efficient level is therefore where price equals marginal cost. The same goes for a natural monopoly. If economic efficiency is to be achieved, the natural monopoly's price must equal the marginal cost at the equilibrium price.
