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A project has the following forecasted cash flows: Cash Flows, $ThousandsC0C1C2C3−100+40...

A project has the following forecasted cash flows:

Cash Flows, $Thousands

C0

C1

C2

C3

−100

+40

+60

+50

The estimated project beta is 1.5. The market return rm is 16%, and the risk-free rate rf is 7%.

a. Estimate the opportunity cost of capital and the project's PV (using the same rate to discount each cash flow).


b. What are the certainty-equivalent cash flows in each year?


c. What is the ratio of the certainty-equivalent cash flow to the expected cash flow in each year?


d. Explain why this ratio declines.

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