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...

The objective of our paper is to analyze, how valuation practice deals with inflation especially for the terminal value, and how company value is influenced by assumptions set by practitioners. For that reason, we examine how vulnerable companies could be regarding struggles to pass on...

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...