Answer:
The answer is C. Government licensing allows media companies to have a near monopoly.
Explanation:
Not anyone can start a media company just because they want to. There are barriers to entry such as the large capital expenditure, staffing, and the government licensing.
Among these, the major contributor towards the marketto become an oligopoly is the government licensing process.
There are many things to consider and do during the licensing process and it is highly time consuming as well. Moreover, the costs involved is significantly high as well.
Answer:
10.92%
Explanation:
The formula and the computation of the estimated cost of equity capital is shown below:
Stock price = Next year dividend ÷ (cost of equity - expected dividend growth rate)
We assume the cost of equity be X
$34 = $3.10 ÷ (cost of equity - 1.8%)
$34 X - $34 × 1.8X = $3.10
After solving this,
The cost of equity would be 10.92%
Answer:
Option A is correct
Firms have different costs.
Explanation:
Option A is correct
Long run supply curve is upward sloping or constant horizontal line depends on the industry whether it is variable cost industry (increasing production cost) or a constant cost industry respectively. Option A is correct because if firms have different production cost and it is increasing as the output is increasing then it is upward Sloping long-run supply curve.
Answer:
C. Reject W
Explanation:
In this question, we apply the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) which is shown below:
Expected return = Risk-free rate of return + Beta × (Market rate - Risk-free rate of return)
= 7% + 1.6 × (12%-7%)
= 7% + 1.6 × 5%
= 7% + 8%
= 15%
The Project W should be rejected as it gives only 14% expected return which is less than the derived expected return.
