A note on local industry asset betas for cost of capital computations

Based on the premise that portfolio betas are more reliable than individual betas, it is advocated that industry asset betas rather than individual betas be used when proxies are required in cost of capital calculations. In this article local industry asset betas are empirically estimated and contra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: David J. Bradfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 1998-06-01
Series:South African Journal of Business Management
Online Access:https://sajbm.org/index.php/sajbm/article/view/769