The paper deals with the estimation of weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for regulated industries in developing financial markets from the perspective of the current financial-economic crisis. In current financial market situation some evident changes have occurred: risk-free rates in...

The article sheds light on the evaluation of cost of equity, which is important as it determines the minimum yield the investors require on the invested capital. We use the cost of equity as a discount rate to calculate the present value of the expected free cash flows which belongs to the...