An adequate rate of return on capital yielded by the regulated firms is a central issue related to the new cost-based approach adopted by the Brazilian Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (Anatel). In this context, careful attention must be given to the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)...

In this paper we discuss the several aspects involved in the determination of the cost of capital of the telecommunications industry in Brazil. The cost of capital determination for regulated industries is extremely important, both to regulators and firms, since through the pertinent rate of...

The current methodology adopted by the Aneel to estimate the rate of return (cost of capital) applied in the periodic tariff revision is improved via some modifications in the following parameters: country risk, exchange rate risk and regulatory risk. We recommend the global CAPM methodology...

The correlation analysis was conducted on dynamic of GDP and company failure rate for Poland, Europe and USA for the period 2003-2011; it was found a negative correlation. An analysis was undertaken for the relation between the rate of corporate failure in Poland and the rate of change of overall...

The paper presents the approach for the verification of the lemma used for the model for reputation risk for subsidiaries of non-public group with reciprocal shareholding as proposed by the author in priory works. For all entities with the absolute value of the reputation risk greater than the...

Author challenges one of the oldest accounting double bookkeeping rules, used since 1494, and proposes instead application of the quadruple accounting entry. He presents the concept of the multiply accounting entry for the risk financial statements and risk management. The development gap...

The article presents the initial proposal for the group risk measurement based on the comparison of two interconnected sets of webs. The risk scalar has been presented both for each separated subsidiary as well as for the group itself. It was shown the risk profile of the group could be...