A firm hasi nitial value V and has an investment opportunity costing 400 that will yield it an endpoint value of V +500 but it has to issue new shares to raise the required 400. Initially its owners own 10 shares that are currently selling at a market price of 80 per share. Note that this price may not necessarily reflect the true value per share– only the firm itself knows this. If it is indifferent between issuing and not issuing at the market price of 80, what is the initial true value of the firm V?

A firm hasi nitial value V and has an investment opportunity costing 400 that will yield it an endpoint value of V +500 but it has to issue new shares to raise the required 400. Initially its owners own 10 shares that are currently selling at a market price of 80 per share. Note that this price may not necessarily reflect the true value per share– only the firm itself knows this. If it is indifferent between issuing and not issuing at the market price of 80, what is the initial true value of the firm V?

Managerial Economics: A Problem Solving Approach

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Author:Luke M. Froeb, Brian T. McCann, Michael R. Ward, Mike Shor

Publisher:Luke M. Froeb, Brian T. McCann, Michael R. Ward, Mike Shor

Chapter17: Making Decisions With Uncertainty

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