This paper presents a formal derivation of general expressions for Ke and WACC in perpetuities with constant growth, which do not make any assumption on what the proper discount rate is to be applied to the firm's tax shield, and are complemented with numerical examples of its application....

Llano-Ferro (2009) proposes a solution to avoid 'significant errors' when the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) obtained by the standard formula leads to significant errors in Net Present Value of the Firm calculations; particularly in those that apply to perpetual cash flow series. In...

Esto es un material de apoyo en PowerPoint para 'http://ssrn.com/abstract=2344169' http://ssrn.com/abstract=2344169 Costo De Capital Y Flujos De Caja Para PYMEs (Cost of Capital and Cash Flows for SMEs).Las empresas no transadas en bolsa, la mayoría de ellas, PYMEs, (Pequeñas y Medianas...

In this short note, we present a nontechnical retrospection on the unbearable longevity of the classic WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) for the Free Cash Flow (FCF) in perpetuity. Over the past two decades, researchers in finance have increased greatly our understanding of the properties...

Most popular corporate finance literature and practitioners present the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) calculation as independent from the Free Cash Flow (FCF). It is a common practice that practitioners calculate a WACC a priori and use it independently from the firm value (i.e., from...