The simulation-based company valuation values a company on the basis of the risks actually present in the company without having to derive them from the capital market data. The simulation-based company valuation takes into account the market imperfections, such as the probability of insolvency...

The discount rate is one of the most critical variables in every equity valuation. Against this background it is surprising that so far there is no generally accepted definition of this term. Literature provides quite different definitions: expected returns, conditionally expected returns or...

We determine the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to be used in the valution of a firm if cash flows grow and the plow black ratio is positive. This is done under consideration of the german tax system. Corporate taxes and personal taxes of investors are integrated. It is shown that the...

Market imperfections call into question the suitability of the CAPM for deriving the cost of capital. The valuation by incomplete replication introduces a valuation concept that takes capital market imperfections into account and derives the risk-adjusted cost of capital (or risk discounts) on...