Reference no: EM132803335
A. Define each of the following terms:
a. Option; call option; put option
b. Exercise value; strike price
c. Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model
B. Why do options sell at prices higher than their exercise values?
C. Describe the effect on a call option's price caused by an increase in each of the following factors:
(1) stock price
(2) exercise price
(3) time to expiration,
(4) riskfree rate
(5) variance of stock return.
A. Define each of the following terms:
a. Weighted average cost of capital, WACC; after-tax cost of debt, rd(1 _ T)
b. Cost of preferred stock, rps; cost of common equity or cost of common stock, rs
c. Target capital structure
d. Flotation cost, F; cost of new external common equity, re
B. In what sense is the WACC an average cost? A marginal cost?